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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 does Rondal say about C.J. and Booker in relation to miners?
(a) Miners don't believe in socialism.
(b) Miners consider them outsiders.
(c) Miners are against their partnership.
(d) Miners think they are too rich to care.

2. What does Rondal ask the United Mineworkers for in a letter?
(a) An organizer.
(b) A position in the union headquarters.
(c) Better representation.
(d) Lower union dues.

3. For what does C.J. praise Isom?
(a) Being very intelligent.
(b) Taking care of his mother.
(c) Likes everyone regardless of race or wealth.
(d) Knowing how to control a rowdy horse.

4. What has happened to the creek on Clabe's family land?
(a) It has dried up.
(b) It has become a small river from all the rainfall.
(c) It was dammed and became a lake.
(d) It is polluted.

5. How many children does C.J. have of his own?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carrie ask Mike to teach her?

2. How does Aunt Becka feel about Flora's engagement?

3. How often, according to the company guards, is C.J. allowed to visit the Lloyd family?

4. What happens to C.J.'s grandfather?

5. Where does Rondal go with C.J. when he visits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at a club meeting when the men are debating World War I?

2. Who is unhappy about Flora's wedding, why is she, what does she tell Flora and what is Carrie's response to that to Flora?

3. What do Carrie and Lloyd do after having dinner at Miles' house, what does Lloyd tell Carrie the next day and what is her response?

4. Describe how Albion came to stay at Carrie's house?

5. What does C.J. realize about Rondal and what does he do about it? How does Rondal respond?

6. What does Rondal do after working in the mines for two years and what is the response to his efforts?

7. What are the railroad companies doing to the farmers and how do the get it done?

8. What does Carrie say she first remembers about Ben Honaker and her sister?

9. What does Rondal think his father refers to when he talks about the snake and where does most of Clabe's earnings go?

10. How do the club members get out of jail?

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