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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Hamper compare his factory job?
(a) Getting paid to flunk high school.
(b) Living the life of tedium mixed with drunkenness.
(c) Living the mental equivalent of a frog's life.
(d) Getting paid to make future rust buckets.

2. What did Hamper remember about his interview for the Mother Jones cover story?
(a) The cameramen laughed so hard that their cameras shook.
(b) He told only one off-color joke.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The interviewer nearly fell out of his chair laughing.

3. What did Hamper call his "real attraction to David Steel" (pg 98)?
(a) Both men felt they were destined to be shoprats.
(b) Both men loved classic rock.
(c) Dave was more cynical and gloomy than he was.
(d) Dave was always cracking jokes.

4. Who did Bob-A-Lou marry?
(a) Hamper's cousin.
(b) A woman who worked in the Finishing Line at GM.
(c) A woman in the Philippines.
(d) The cafeteria cashier.

5. What was the goal of rivet hockey?
(a) To kick a rivet into a cardboard box.
(b) To hit a coworker's shins or ankles.
(c) To land a rivet on the rafters.
(d) To kick the rivet back and forth as long as possible.

6. Why did Polson, another shop-rat, become angry at Hamper?
(a) Polson could not stand Hamper's pranks at work.
(b) Hamper was trying to get a manager position over Polson.
(c) Hamper had written a disparaging article about deer hunting.
(d) Hamper had written an angry article about the Rivet Line.

7. What did Hamper do during his vacation?
(a) Slept in and drank beer.
(b) Went to San Francisco to visit Moore.
(c) Promoted his cover story for Mother Jones.
(d) Went to Chicago because he'd never been there before.

8. When was Hamper asked for an autograph by an ambitious husband?
(a) As he was getting into his car to leave the factory.
(b) When he was hitting rivets during his last shif.
(c) When he was leaving the factory for the last time.
(d) As he was driving to his mental health group.

9. Why did Hamper think that Moore's car would be destroyed at the GM factory?
(a) The factory workers were eager for a fight.
(b) Moore drove a Chevy.
(c) White collar professionals were not treated kindly at the factory.
(d) Moore drove a Honda.

10. Why was Moore fired from Mother Jones?
(a) He constantly clashed with the managing editor.
(b) He was in Flint more than in San Francisco.
(c) He refused to curb his sharp tongue.
(d) He brought poor writers into the magazine.

11. Why does Hamper want to avoid his grandfather at the family reunion?
(a) His grandfather thinks he needs to get another job.
(b) His grandfather never worked as a shoprat so he can't understand Hamper's life.
(c) His grandfather thinks he's his son rather than his grandson.
(d) His grandfather would rail him about unemployment benefits.

12. Why was Hamper proud to build a suburban for the celebrity Louise Mandrell?
(a) He wanted to make her suburban special.
(b) He had never known who bought the vehicles he built.
(c) He adored her music.
(d) He hoped to meet her one day.

13. What was Dave's attitude toward humanity?
(a) He liked people only if they benefited him directly.
(b) He ignored people.
(c) He disliked everyone, often including Hamper.
(d) He was sociable and outgoing.

14. When did Hamper's first breakdown occur?
(a) April 1992.
(b) December 1986.
(c) July 1986.
(d) August 1983.

15. To what did Hamper compare Dave's styled hair?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) An exotic bird.
(c) A defective suburban.
(d) An old woman's nightmare.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a person had to wait in the chairs along the edges of the unemployment office, what did Hamper recommend that he do?

2. What aggravated Hamper about his friendship with Janice?

3. What happened to the man who tried to kill his coworker?

4. What was the rationale behind the "shopera" that Dave and Hamper composed?

5. When Hamper is contacted by The Wall Street Journal, what does his boss Gino call the paper?

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