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

2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, why did Moore not want to move to San Francisco?
(a) He hated California.
(b) He was hesitant about the career move.
(c) He hated change.
(d) He loved Flint.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What distracted Hamper most from the breakdowns?

2. At the beginning of the Epilogue, what sport was Hamper playing?

3. While visiting the factory, what did Moore really want to do?

4. How did Hamper prepare for his interview for the Mother Jones cover story?

5. Approximately how long was Hamper unemployed before being called back to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hamper's fellow factory workers respond to the article in the Wall Street Journal? Given the tone of this part of the story, where did Hamper actually get his happiness?

2. What kind of relationship did Gino have with his men? Why did this lead to his eventual transfer away from the Rivet Line?

3. Hamper said that working on the Rivet Line was like being paid to flunk high school the rest of your life (pgs 185,188). How might this be true? Why is Hamper content with this lifestyle?

4. What new vehicle was the factory hired to build? How was this, written in Hamper's account of life, a sign of the times?

5. What difficulty did Hamper run into as he tried to get a visitor's pass for Alex Kotlowitz, the reporter from the Wall Street Journal? How does this difficulty illustrate the vast difference between the factory worker and the corporate man, even within the same company?

6. What did Hamper think when Janice came to work on the Rivet Line? How was his reaction different from the men around him and how might this be surprising?

7. What was Hamper's reaction to the news that Louise Mandrell had ordered a GM Suburban? How does this fit what the reader already knows about Hamper's personality?

8. How did the men on the Rivet Line deal with the supervisor sent in to replace Gino? How was this a sign that they are powerful?

9. By the time Janice moved to a different area of the factory, how had she changed? How is this different from what might be expected of a woman working that job?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how did Hamper portray the employees of the Michigan Employment Security Commission? Is this a fair picture?

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