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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 257 - 337).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thing that the dying person in the section titled Waterbury, 1909 thinks?
(a) He thinks about his wife Rebecca.
(b) He thinks about his infant son.
(c) He thinks about his late mother.
(d) He thinks about hot coffee.

2. What does Brand ask Rye when he visits Brand's house in Chapter 13?
(a) He wants Rye to spy on the labor leaders, like Gurley, and feed him information about their plans.
(b) He wants Rye to shovel coal for him.
(c) He wants Rye to be his new driver.
(d) He wants Rye to be the new foreman at his mines.

3. What is one reason Gemma probably does not want to make Jules's death a cause for the labor movement?
(a) She knew her daughters might pay for it in the end.
(b) She does not want anyone to find out about the true nature of their relationship.
(c) She knew Gig would eventually get some money out of it and she did not want that.
(d) She knew Jules would not approve of the labor movement.

4. What languages did Jules speak in his youth but lose some of later on?
(a) Italian and Spanish.
(b) Salish and Sahaptin.
(c) French and German.
(d) Russian and English.

5. Who does Gig get a cold chill feeling from that Reston introduces him to in the section titled Gig?
(a) Everett.
(b) Dalveaux.
(c) Miller.
(d) Brand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rye buy something in Chapter 24?

2. What emotion does Rye recognize on Fred Moore's face when he visits Rye's porch room at Mrs. Ricci's?

3. What does Gemma reply to her daughter's question asking if Indians can go to heaven?

4. Who is one labor leader Gurley is speaking with when Fred Moore brings him to meet her for the first time?

5. What does Gurley tell one of the saloon girls about her past?

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