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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oftentimes, when was a woman placed on the assembly line?
(a) When management had no one else to do the job.
(b) When the previous two workers had been seen doubling up their tasks.
(c) Whenever she wanted because there was no gender difference.
(d) When the work was easy.

2. Why was Robert often angry when he got his check?
(a) Most of it went to pay for the college education he wasn't using.
(b) Half the check went to pay his wife's expensive clothes.
(c) He wasn't getting paid what he thought he was worth.
(d) Most of it went to child support.

3. How old was Hamper the first time he went to a car factory?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Eighteen.

4. While painting apartments, why did Hamper become friends with Glen?
(a) Their wives had been friends for several months.
(b) Glen often stopped by to say hi.
(c) Glen lived in the building.
(d) They were in identical situations.

5. During his first day of work, before he learned Roy's name, what nickname did Hamper give him?
(a) The prophet.
(b) The ignorant one.
(c) The greenie.
(d) The naïve one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hamper think was Dan-O's most amusing prank?

2. Why did Hamper and Mike come to hate their fathers?

3. Why did Hamper's dad yell at him for his bad grades?

4. Why did Hamper fight the career trend toward the GM factory?

5. What two classes did Hamper pass in junior high?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a person was Franklin? How was his personality different than expected? How did he act as a sort of prototype for Hamper's own life?

2. When Hamper tells the story of people who disagree with the shop-rats' drinking, he writes much of the story in capital letters. What literary effect does this visual change have on the story?

3. Who or what was Hamper's greatest enemy at work? How did he use his new attitude about work to combat the enemy?

4. How is Hamper's portrayal of his mother pathetic at times? Is it a fair character description?

5. How did poetry temporarily draw Hamper out of his slide toward the factory? How might this have paved the way for more writing in the future?

6. What did Hamper say about his younger siblings? How did this give the reader another glimpse of family life?

7. When did the GM assembly line begin to look like an attractive option to Hamper? How did this demonstrate a change in Hamper's thinking?

8. What kind of person was Joanie? Use Hamper's references to her to create a character description.

9. What do Hamper's stories about high school revolve around? How does this show that he was giving in to the nuns' perception of him that began in junior high?

10. What role did Hamper's mother play in his life?

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