2. Why did Hamper not stay with Mother Jones when Moore was fired?
(a) He did not trust the new editor.
(b) He felt a great loyalty to Moore.
(c) He was tired of cranking out articles.
(d) He was not being paid enough money.

3. Why did Hamper cringe at the idea of Bob-A-Lou in love with the cafeteria cashier?
(a) Bob-A-Lou was too jaded for the sweet cashier.
(b) He was hoping to set Bob-A-Lou up with his cousin.
(c) He thought Bob-A-Lou could do better than her.
(d) The cashier was slutty and Bob-A-Lou was a hopeless romantic.

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

5. What was the subject matter of Dave and Hamper's "shopera" (pg 195)
(a) A shop-rat's life.
(b) Assembly line labor.
(c) Their lives outside the factory walls.
(d) The imagined lives of their supervisors.

6. Why was Jackson afraid of Hamper?
(a) Hamper had blackmail material involving Jackson's drug habit.
(b) He thought Hamper would write about him in an article.
(c) He thought Hamper could instigate a rebellion among the workers.
(d) He thought Hamper might beat him up some time.

7. As Hamper begins Chapter Five, what does he think is the worst part of unemployment?
(a) The unemployment line.
(b) No job security.
(c) His mother hassling him to get a job.
(d) Less money.

8. According to Hamper in Chapter 10, why did GM not allow the NBC film crew into the factory?
(a) Hamper had already used his favors to get The Wall Street Journal writer in.
(b) GM believed any creativity came from a flawed mind.
(c) GM had strict publicity rules.
(d) GM did not trust anything Hamper wanted to do.

9. Why did Hamper hate the new supervisor, Calvin Moza?
(a) Moza condemned everything he had been doing the week before.
(b) Moza could not control any of the men.
(c) Moza was cruel and hard headed.
(d) Moza was not afraid to write out penalties.

10. What was Hamper's advice for working thirty years in the factory?
(a) Stop thinking.
(b) Set personal goals and try move into management.
(c) Try beat the clock.
(d) Drink enough that you stop caring.

11. Why did Hamper refuse to enroll in an outpatient mental health center?
(a) That would mean interacting with people.
(b) He did not have the money for it at the time.
(c) He did not want to just because his doctor insisted on it.
(d) It would have meant drinking less.

12. While reading The Wall Street Journal article, what did Hamper realize?
(a) The average American was not interested in the working class survivors.
(b) He would rather be a writer than a factory worker.
(c) The working class survivors were the backbone of America.
(d) The working class survivors were a pitiful lot.

13. How did Hamper prepare for his interview for the Mother Jones cover story?
(a) Got a haircut and shave at a barbershop.
(b) Ate a big dinner and slept eight hours.
(c) Stayed up all night and got drunk.
(d) Reviewed the articles he had written in the past year.

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

15. After four months on the Rivet Line, how did Hamper feel?
(a) That he deserved to move to a better job within the company.
(b) That he would go crazy if he didn't escape.
(c) That he was getting bored.
(d) That he had fulfilled his destiny in life.