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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many weeks of work does Chris tell his father it would take him to replace the money he had given his father?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

2. What does Chris hold in his hands the first time he comes to see his mother Cynthia after being released from prison?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A wad of cash.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A gun.

3. Where had Felix gotten the world map that he and Jessie used to use as a sort of talisman connected to their dreams of travel?
(a) From his mother.
(b) From an atlas in the library.
(c) From Jessie's grandmother.
(d) From the wall of their high school classroom.

4. How many seconds does Chris's father say it would take Chris to reach into his pocket for some money?
(a) Two seconds.
(b) Thirty seconds.
(c) One second.
(d) Five seconds.

5. Cynthia is the first one in her family to do what?
(a) Make it into management.
(b) Graduate from college.
(c) Keep a steady job.
(d) Graduate from high school.

6. What does Cynthia cite as making up half of her job as floor manager at Olstead's?
(a) Yelling at people.
(b) Schmoozing with the bosses.
(c) Looking busy.
(d) Maintaining the machines.

7. What gesture does Cynthia make in order to refer to race when she is telling Tracey not to make their argument about racial issues?
(a) She points to Tracey's hand.
(b) She points to Tracey's face.
(c) She points to her own hand.
(d) She points to her own face.

8. What question does Chris enjoy asking Stan every time he comes in, though he knows the answer?
(a) Whether he has hired a pretty bartender yet.
(b) What kind of beer he has on tap.
(c) What the latest news is.
(d) How his leg is feeling.

9. Cynthia tells Tracey not to think that just because she "went upstairs" (59) that she "can't see [something] on the floor" (60). What does she say she can still see on the floor?
(a) Dust.
(b) Grit.
(c) Shine.
(d) Blood.

10. For what action does Tracey suggest that the Olstead bosses get rewarded with tax breaks?
(a) Using clean energy.
(b) Hiring minorities.
(c) Laying off workers.
(d) Providing safety training.

11. When Cynthia is talking to Stan for the first time since the factory lock-out, how long does she say it has been since she has slept?
(a) A week.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two days.

12. What does Tracey say Cynthia can tell the managers she will do before she lets them take her life away?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Shoot up the factory.
(c) Burn the factory down.
(d) Move away.

13. How old was Jessie when she first started working at Olstead's?
(a) 20.
(b) 23.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

14. How many Green Stamps did Jessie save up in a year?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 100.
(d) 10,000.

15. To what kind of vote is Cynthia referring when she tells the factory floor workers that they need to decide what to do soon because the vote is coming?
(a) A workers' rights initiative vote.
(b) A vote for city councilman.
(c) A strike vote.
(d) A vote for governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cynthia say she used to let slip out onto the counter while she was shopping so that other people could see it?

2. What item does Oscar produce in order to prove to Tracey that Olstead's is advertising employment opportunities?

3. To which state had Jessie and her boyfriend Felix planned to end up in after hitchhiking their way across the country?

4. What product does the Olstead plant produce?

5. What does Chris say is the reason he did not enroll in college fall semester?

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