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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As he drove home during his breakdown, what did Hamper think he saw?
(a) His car's soul.
(b) Insects and frogs.
(c) The Grand Canyon.
(d) Cows driving cars.

2. Why was the Good Times Lounge lawsuit dropped?
(a) The owner moved to Alaska.
(b) Moore negotiated an out-of-court settlement.
(c) The owner realized he could not win the case.
(d) The judge threatened to throw out the case.

3. What activity did Hamper want to do with Roger Smith, the company president?
(a) Hike.
(b) Golf.
(c) Bowl.
(d) Drink beer.

4. What was the plot line of the movie Dave and Hamper planned to film?
(a) A day in the life of a shop-rat.
(b) The factory as it would stand in one hundred years.
(c) The deaths of several supervisors.
(d) The history of the car assembly line.

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

6. How did Hamper and Dave Steel initially bond?
(a) Hamper asked Dave why he stood up to the supervisor.
(b) They worked next to each other on the assembly line.
(c) Over Hamper's article that rock music was dead.
(d) Hamper invited Dave for a drink.

7. While visiting the factory, what did Moore really want to do?
(a) Hit a couple rivets.
(b) Talk to Howie Makem.
(c) Talk to all Hamper's coworkers.
(d) Drink a beer with the guys.

8. When Hamper had to go into corporate offices to request Alex's visitor pass, why was he nervous?
(a) He was never sure how to act.
(b) The offices felt like tombs.
(c) He thought the businessmen would look down on him.
(d) The buildings were too fancy.

9. Why did Hamper change his mind about filming at Mark's Lounge?
(a) The lounge burned down the night before.
(b) The NBC producers were leery of going there.
(c) Two waitresses were attacked there the night before.
(d) He had an argument with Mark and didn't want to go back.

10. What was Hamper and Jerry's scheme for getting extra hours (pg 149)?
(a) They'd take turns punching each other back into the clock while the other one took a longer lunch.
(b) They'd clean for fifteen minutes and get paid for two hours.
(c) They'd volunteer to come early but show up at the last minute.
(d) They'd take a double lunch break.

11. As Hamper discovered late one morning, approximately how many employees did GM plan to lay off?
(a) 3000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 7500.

12. What was the supervisor's reaction when Hamper and Paul doubled up their jobs?
(a) He did not know they left.
(b) He told them to stop doubling up or he'd move one of them off the Rivet Line.
(c) He just didn't want to know where they went.
(d) He didn't care as long as the work was getting done.

13. When the Good Times Lounge sued Hamper, how much money did the owner want?
(a) Five thousand dollars.
(b) No money but a written apology.
(c) Fifteen thousand dollars.
(d) Ten thousand dollars.

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

15. What did Hamper find most irritating about the message board?
(a) It flashed a shade of orange that he hated.
(b) It was directly in his line of vision.
(c) It only told him uninteresting stuff he already knew.
(d) He could not read one message before it changed to the next.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Paul took over Janice's job on the Rivet Line; where had he worked before?

4. What happened when Hamper wanted to get out of his move to Pontiac

5. At the beginning of Chapter Six, as Hamper explains, what do the rednecks on the Rivet Line collect?

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