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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 did Hamper remember about his interview for the Mother Jones cover story?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He told only one off-color joke.
(c) The interviewer nearly fell out of his chair laughing.
(d) The cameramen laughed so hard that their cameras shook.

2. Why did Hamper cringe at the idea of Bob-A-Lou in love with the cafeteria cashier?
(a) Bob-A-Lou was too jaded for the sweet cashier.
(b) The cashier was slutty and Bob-A-Lou was a hopeless romantic.
(c) He thought Bob-A-Lou could do better than her.
(d) He was hoping to set Bob-A-Lou up with his cousin.

3. Why was the Good Times Lounge lawsuit dropped?
(a) The owner moved to Alaska.
(b) The judge threatened to throw out the case.
(c) Moore negotiated an out-of-court settlement.
(d) The owner realized he could not win the case.

4. What happened when Hamper wanted to get out of his move to Pontiac
(a) He was fired immediately.
(b) The union representative said he would pull some strings so he could stay.
(c) He was told he'd have to see if his job would still remain in two years.
(d) GM would not let him out of a signed contract.

5. What aggravated Hamper about his friendship with Janice?
(a) She acted too differently from the male employees.
(b) She wanted to hide their friendship from her husband.
(c) She insisted that she could do everything a man could.
(d) Their coworkers assumed they were sleeping together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hamper do during his vacation?

2. At the beginning of Chapter Six, as Hamper explains, what do the rednecks on the Rivet Line collect?

3. What activity did Hamper want to do with Roger Smith, the company president?

4. Why does Hamper want to avoid his grandfather at the family reunion?

5. As Hamper begins Chapter Five, what does he think is the worst part of unemployment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How did Hamper stumble onto writing? What does this say about him as a writer?

5. 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?

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

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

9. Who did Bob-A-Lou have a crush on? What does this reveal about his character and how was he different from most of the other factory workers?

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

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