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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 69 - 127).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first line of the song Rye picks up in the labor protest and sings himself?
(a) The blood and the lives of children and wives.
(b) Man and worker are the same.
(c) The home of the brave will be better soon.
(d) And the banner of labor will surely soon wave.

2. Who wrote the book The Plover, a quote from which Walter begins Part I?
(a) Seamus Heaney.
(b) Amy Pallet.
(c) Rinaldo Bravero.
(d) Brian Doyle.

3. Who is killed in the section titled Waterbury, 1909?
(a) A homeless person named Cruggs.
(b) A police officer named Waterbury.
(c) A business tycoon named Waterbury.
(d) A police officer named Clegg.

4. Who was First Ursula's manager who fires her for getting too old?
(a) Patrick McLaggan.
(b) Frank McHenry.
(c) Joe Considine.
(d) Samuel Clagg.

5. What does the narrator of the section titled The Kid, 1864, think as he goes over the falls?
(a) He thinks of his wife.
(b) He wants the kid on the shore to see him and take note of him.
(c) He thinks of his mother.
(d) He thinks he will die painlessly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator of the section titled The Kid, 1864, ride out of with Bonin?

2. What does Brand tell Rye people like Gurley really only want?

3. Who is the prosecutor in Rye's court appearance?

4. What is Gig's prized possession in Part II?

5. Who is giving Gurley a particularly hard time about her work when Rye first meets her?

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