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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. Who sends Janey postcards when she is twenty-one?
(a) Jason.
(b) Alec.
(c) Erik.
(d) Joe.

2. According to a News Reel, what did Luther Burbank develop?
(a) Hybrid plants.
(b) A cure for cancer.
(c) A car that can fly.
(d) New technology.

3. What is the 42nd parallel about?
(a) The lives of ordinary Americans living in and trapped by the time period in which they live.
(b) The lives of ordinary Americans who inhabit the meridian line called the 42nd parallel.
(c) The lives of individuals who were driven from their homes on the meridian line called the 42nd parallel.
(d) The lives of extraordinary Americans living in and trapped by the time period in which they live.

4. What does Johnny ask Annabelle when they spend time together?
(a) If she loved someone else.
(b) If she loved him.
(c) If she would leave with him.
(d) If she could marry someone like him.

5. What meeting place of revolutionaries does Mac visit in Mexico?
(a) The Zapatistas.
(b) The Anarchist Union of Industry.
(c) The Mexicanas Spirituas.
(d) The AAA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mac meet in the park in Los Angeles that is an old friend of his?

2. In what section of Washington, D.C. did Janey grow up?

3. After Joe's friend dies in a motorcycle accident, what does Joe plan to do?

4. Who tries to sell books and pamphlets to men inside the railroad cars?

5. At Thanksgiving, where is Mac?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Johnny Ward Morehouse.

2. What happens on the train ride to Chicago that Mac takes?

3. What does Ike teach Mac?

4. What occurs at Mrs. Kovach's house when Fainy and Bingham spend the night?

5. Who is Annabelle Marie Strang, and why is she important to Johnny?

6. What decision does Mac make regarding Maisie and her pregnancy?

7. What does Ike do that leaves Mac stranded?

8. Why do the rancher and his wife not approve of Mac?

9. Who is Alice, and what effect does she have on Janey?

10. What kind of personality does Janey have?

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