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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. How long does Jessie say she had expected to work at Olstead's when she had first started?
(a) 2-3 years.
(b) 3-5 months.
(c) 9-12 months.
(d) 6-8 months.

2. How long does Jessie say she had thought Cynthia would last at Olstead's when she had first started working there?
(a) Less than a week.
(b) Less than a season.
(c) Less than a day.
(d) Less than a month.

3. What product does the Olstead plant produce?
(a) Window frames.
(b) Speakers.
(c) Steel tubing.
(d) Cars.

4. What metaphor does Jessie use when describing how meeting her future husband and getting into the groove of working at the factory had caused her life to stagnate?
(a) She got caught in the riptide.
(b) She got caught in the tornado.
(c) She got stuck in the eddies and whirlpools.
(d) She got stuck in the chewing gum.

5. When Cynthia apologizes to Chris for not visiting him in prison as of late, for how long does she say she went without a visit to see him?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what country does Cynthia say that Olstead's could move the factory if the union does not agree to a contract amenable to both parties?

2. What item does Tracey ask Jason to bring her the minute she arrives at Jessie's birthday party at the bar?

3. What gesture does Cynthia make in order to refer to race when she is telling Tracey not to make their argument about racial issues?

4. When Jason comes to see Tracey after he is released from prison, what does he say had taken a lot of nerve on his part?

5. What does Cynthia cite as making up half of her job as floor manager at Olstead's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cynthia's reaction to the distance Chris is trying to maintain between them upon his release from prison?

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

3. How does the playwright demonstrate through Brucie's struggle that people in town look out for one another?

4. How is the danger of nostalgia portrayed in Tracey's long story about her grandfather while she is standing outside of the bar with Oscar?

5. What does Cynthia say is the reason she has not seen Tracey and Jessie as often as she used to before the labor dispute?

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

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

8. What evidence is there that Tracey did not visit Jason while he was incarcerated and how does this fact contrast with Cynthia's actions?

9. What emotion does Cynthia express to Chris that she has been feeling since his incarceration?

10. What is significant about Brucie giving Chris back his $10 once he hears of the trouble at the factory?

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