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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hamper's supervisor feel when he needed to leave work early because of his breakdown?
(a) The supervisor was highly concerned.
(b) The supervisor was angry at being shorthanded.
(c) Hamper was too stressed to notice the supervisor's response.
(d) The supervisor said he didn't believe Hamper.

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

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

4. Why was Gino moved from his position as supervisor on the Rivet Line?
(a) He was not really doing his job anymore.
(b) He had become too friendly with the workers.
(c) His men were turning out poor quality work.
(d) He came to work drunk quite often.

5. How much money would Hamper make writing articles for Mother Jones?
(a) $850 per article.
(b) $4000 per year.
(c) $100 per article.
(d) $2 per word.

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

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

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

9. Why did Hamper sign the transfer paper to move to Pontiac?
(a) He would have been fired immediately if he did not.
(b) The union did not give him any choice.
(c) Otherwise he would have been out of a job within two years.
(d) He thought it would be a good career move.

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

11. Approximately how long was Hamper unemployed before being called back to work?
(a) Nine months.
(b) A year.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

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

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

14. What tattoo did Doug, the steering gear man, have on his arm?
(a) A half-naked girl.
(b) The date he began working at GM in 1976.
(c) His wife's name in blue ink.
(d) A rodent with the word "shop-rat" above it.

15. Why did Hamper take a long time learning his job on the Rivet Line?
(a) It was a difficult job.
(b) His coworker didn't know how to train him very well.
(c) He was lazy and did not want to learn it.
(d) He was hoping to be transferred somewhere else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Bob-A-Lou marry?

2. Why did Hamper think that Moore's car would be destroyed at the GM factory?

3. What did Hamper find most irritating about the message board?

4. What did Howie do when he began touring the factory again?

5. What nearby bar did Hamper and his coworkers often go to after work?

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