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

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

3. When was Hamper asked for an autograph by an ambitious husband?
(a) When he was leaving the factory for the last time.
(b) As he was getting into his car to leave the factory.
(c) When he was hitting rivets during his last shif.
(d) As he was driving to his mental health group.

4. Why was Moore fired from Mother Jones?
(a) He was in Flint more than in San Francisco.
(b) He brought poor writers into the magazine.
(c) He constantly clashed with the managing editor.
(d) He refused to curb his sharp tongue.

5. Who was the first person to call Hamper after The Wall Street Journal article was printed?
(a) A book agent.
(b) A Flint television station.
(c) His father.
(d) A guy from high school he had never liked.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Good Times Lounge sued Hamper, how much money did the owner want?

2. What did Hamper remember about his interview for the Mother Jones cover story?

3. What tattoo did Doug, the steering gear man, have on his arm?

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

5. As he drove home during his breakdown, what did Hamper think he saw?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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. Hamper describes Paul Schobel's work techniques through a series of natural metaphors (pg 189). Why is this different from what might be expected? How is it humorous?

6. Why did General Motors become concerned with the quality of their vehicles? Given Hamper's tone while telling this story, what was his response?

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

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

9. Describe Dave Steel.

10. 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?

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