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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. When Cynthia recalls how Jessie had looked when they first met, what folk singer does she say Jessie looked like?
(a) Sandy Denny.
(b) Joni Mitchell.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Judy Collins.

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

3. After Tracey sees Oscar's flyer advertising employment at Olstead's, in what location does she see more of the same fliers?
(a) At the union office.
(b) At the library.
(c) At the unemployment office.
(d) At the gas station.

4. When Cynthia asks Tracey where she heard that Olstead would be engaging in lay-offs, where does Tracey say she heard the news?
(a) From a little bird.
(b) From Oscar.
(c) At the salon.
(d) At a business meeting.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why has Cynthia had to move to a different residence during the time Chris has been in prison?

3. Cynthia is the first one in her family to do what?

4. When Jason and Chris are leaving to see what is going on at the plant, who stops them to ask for money?

5. Cynthia tells Stan that when she had first started at Olstead's, she had felt like she had been invited into what kind of club?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the mood of Jessie's birthday party change when Tracey arrives?

2. How is overlapping dialogue used to indicate closeness between characters at Jessie's birthday party?

3. After the factory lock-out, what hypothesis does Cynthia share with Stan about why she may have been hired in the first place?

4. What is Oscar's true purpose for going outside where Tracey is smoking outside of the bar?

5. To what circumstances is Jason referring when he asks Tracey, "How the fuck did this happen?" (66)?

6. How does the playwright reveal to the audience how serious Jessie had been about her plans to travel the world before she had taken a job at Olstead's at age 18?

7. What does Tracey mean when she says that Oscar does not know her during their conversation outside the bar?

8. What reasons does Cynthia use to back up her assertion that the workers should take the concessions that will be offered by Olstead's, even if they are harsh?

9. What reasons does Brucie give Chris when he gives him the advice to take the small concessions offered by Olstead's?

10. What kind of philosophy about life does Chris express when Cynthia starts to express her anger toward Jason for his role in Chris's incarceration?

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