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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. 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 didn't care as long as the work was getting done.
(d) He just didn't want to know where they went.

2. When did Hamper experience his last breakdown?
(a) April 1988.
(b) February 1992.
(c) November 1995.
(d) June 1990.

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

4. How much time passed between Hamper's first breakdown and his second?
(a) Five days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) A week.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hamper take a long time learning his job on the Rivet Line?

2. What was the goal of rivet hockey?

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

4. Why was Moore fired from Mother Jones?

5. Why did Hamper change his mind about filming at Mark's Lounge?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What did Mike Moore want to do his last night in Flint before he moved to San Francisco? How is this oddly fitting?

3. What was Hamper's opinion of the Flint Voice when he first read it? What expectations does this create in the reader's mind?

4. 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?

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

6. What arrangement did Paul and Hamper scheme up at work? How did Hamper justify this, even to the point of making it appear right?

7. What kind of place was Mark's Lounge? How was this place exactly what Hamper needed?

8. What was one of Hamper's favorite ways to pass time at work? How is this an interesting facet of his character?

9. What kind of supervisor was Gino? How did Hamper respond to his leadership?

10. According to Hamper, why does the reading public not want to read about the working man? Is this a fair assessment?

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