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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. Who is playing at a dance Carrie attends with Albion?

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

3. What is on the train that Carrie rides to Davidson?

4. What does Talcott do that makes the police tackle him?

5. What does Carrie tell Dr. Booker?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Carrie do after talking to Rondal, what does Albion tell her and what does she decide?

3. What is Carrie doing in the hotel and what does she learn about the attacks on the miners? What does Rondal do?

4. Why is Carrie relieved about the mine explosion and how does she help after it happened?

5. What does Rosa say about her children and what does Mario do after the explosion in the mine?

6. What happens to Rosa in Chapter 17?

7. How are Albion and Isom killed?

8. What does Rondal talk to Carrie about and what his her response?

9. What do the women do after a black child dies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of interesting questions raised by Storming Heaven. Questions that Giardina may have wanted the readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the author's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Giardina's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

Essay Topic 2

There is a growing gap between the positions of the two camps involved in the growing conflict - the miners and the Company's representatives.

1. Why do you think the mine owners are unwilling to listen to the miners?

2. Do you think the miners are demanding too much from the mine owners? Why or why not?

3. If you were a negotiator between these two groups how would you attempt to forge an agreement?

Essay Topic 3

The triumphs of collectivism are short lived and their assurance follows the path of their deteriorating conditions of living.

1. Why and how do you think the triumphant collectivism of the miners being focused together deteriorated?

2. How do you think the focused collectivism of an organized body, such as an army, can remain stable as opposed to the miners?

3. Do you think organization and strong leadership are always necessary in order for a group to work together?

Use examples from Storming Heaven to support your answer.

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