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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. Why does Rondal think it is good to work in the open?
(a) More miners will get the message.
(b) It will be harder to murder him.
(c) It will intimidate the bosses.
(d) It will show that he is honest.

2. What is Dr. Booker ordered to do?
(a) Leave Justice County.
(b) Testify against Rondal.
(c) Leave West Virginia.
(d) Testify against Rosa's brother.

3. To what does Talcott compare the fighting?
(a) Trench fighting in WWI.
(b) A holocaust.
(c) Fighting among gangs in New York.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who does Rondal find at Carrie's tent?
(a) An Italian woman.
(b) A union organizer from Europe.
(c) A German woman.
(d) A policeman.

5. Who is fond of Carrie?
(a) Her nieces and nephews.
(b) Her brother's wife.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Talcott's sentence?

2. Who has been building bombs?

3. What do the miners commandeer?

4. What do the night gun thugs do to Talcott's home?

5. How do they get miners to the staging area?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Rondal and Carrie hear about what is happening in the mining camps?

2. What happens after three days of fighting and to what does Talcott compare the fighting?

3. Why does Rondal visit Homeplace and what is Carrie's response?

4. What is Albion doing when he returns to Homeplace and what does he say to Carrie? How does Carrie's family feel about him being back in town?

5. What does C.J. think about the baseball teams the mining companies form and how is his mind changed?

6. What does Talcott tell Rondal about the men replacing Chafin's men, what does he ask Rondal and what does Rondal do? What happens to Rondal?

7. What happens to Rosa in Chapter 17?

8. How does Carrie see Rondal again?

9. What do the miners do during the summer after the strike begins and why does Rondal have to leave?

10. What does Rondal find out about the U.S. President and what is his response?

(see the answer keys)

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