The Cold Millions Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jess Walter
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Cold Millions Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jess Walter
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gig's and Rye's mother die?
(a) From cancer.
(b) From tuberculosis.
(c) From influenza.
(d) In a car accident.

2. Who does Jules's mother send him to live with three years before she dies?
(a) A good family friend.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her own father.
(d) A French ferryman.

3. What does Gemma reply to her daughter's question asking if Indians can go to heaven?
(a) She says "If anyone can."
(b) She says "We just can not know that."
(c) She says "No."
(d) She says "There is no heaven."

4. What does Gemma remember Jules used to say about the two of them?
(a) He would say they were two people who understood persecution.
(b) He would say their names, Jules and Gems, like they were precious.
(c) He would say they would meet again in heaven.
(d) He would say they both knew what hard work was.

5. What is one word Fred Moore uses to describe Gurley to Rye?
(a) Redoubtale.
(b) Sad.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Short-tempered.

6. Where do Rye and Gig wake up in Chapter 1?
(a) A ballfield.
(b) Jail.
(c) A cold porch.
(d) The Salvation Army.

7. What deal does Ursula the Great make with Brand?
(a) She asks for part ownership in one of his mines.
(b) She makes him sign a document promising to marry her in five years.
(c) She buys a stake of ownership in one of his hotels.
(d) She negotiates for a percentage of the ticket sale profits.

8. What is one reason Gemma probably does not want to make Jules's death a cause for the labor movement?
(a) She does not want anyone to find out about the true nature of their relationship.
(b) She knew her daughters might pay for it in the end.
(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.

9. How old is Gurley in Part II when Rye meets her?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

10. Who runs from the police with Gig and Rye as they flee the ballfield?
(a) Jules and a person they do not know.
(b) Jules and Elizabeth.
(c) Jules and Lem.
(d) Jules and Ursula the Great.

11. What surprises many of the men around Gurley about her current condition in Part II?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is suffering from polio.
(c) She is suffering from tuberculosis.
(d) She has lost a lot of weight and she looks skeletal.

12. What is the name of the man who helps Gig and Rye escape the police?
(a) Francis Ward.
(b) Early Reston.
(c) Lemuel Brand.
(d) Del Dalveaux.

13. How much time does Fred Moore say the authorities are seeking to charge Gig with serving for his supposed crimes in Part II?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 years.

14. Where did the narrator of the section titled The Kid, 1864, ride out of with Bonin?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Idaho.
(c) New York.
(d) Oregon.

15. What is Rye's full name?
(a) Ryan Haverford.
(b) Ryan Gigarow.
(c) Ryan Dolan.
(d) Raymond Gigerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Elizabeth Gurley Flynn say would make America a paradise on earth?

2. What does Brand call his own house?

3. What is the IWW's nickname?

4. What refrain do the labor protesters keep saying during the police crackdown in Part I?

5. What does the stranger do to one of the police who are harassing Gig and Rye?

(see the answer keys)

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