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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much money did Hamper make painting apartments?
2. What did Hamper discover when he began to write poetry?
3. When did GM schedule an applicant for a physical?
4. Who did Denny and Hamper listen to during their one elusively magical lunch break (pg 58)?
5. According to Hamper's theory, why did the shop-rats listen to that kind of music?
Short Essay Questions
1. "I'm thinking that rock stars, even dead ones, don't come cheap" (pg xix). In the context of the Prologue, what does this quote mean?
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 were Lightnin' and Same-O? What did their lives say about Hamper's future?
4. Hamper's father, though not a model of determination or reliability, often berated his son because of his poor grades. How did his cursing set the tone of their conversations about school?
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. How does Hamper describe the Cab Shop the first time he goes there? What about the description is the most informative about the scene?
7. What stories does Hamper tell about Dan-O? What do these stories add to the reader's impression of the factory?
8. Hamper ends Chapter 3 with the sentence, "The money was right, even if we weren't" (pg 43). What does this mean?
9. What kind of person was Joanie? Use Hamper's references to her to create a character description.
10. What story does Hamper tell involving Lesley Gore's music? How does this story show that Hamper, if only for an hour and twelve minutes, transcended the shop-rat mindset?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What effect did unemployment have on Flint? What happened when much of the population was unemployed and why? What do you think the mood of the town was?
Essay Topic 2
As seen in several examples throughout the book, how did General Motors treat their employees? How did Hamper's stories shed an honest light on the company?
Essay Topic 3
"My old man abhorred the truth. It was like some horrible, foreign diction that ripped at his core" (pg 4). What truth is Hamper referring to? As demonstrated by his own life, what was his reaction to the same truth?
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