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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the IWW's nickname?
(a) The Wobblies.
(b) The Westertons.
(c) The Friendlies.
(d) The Scabs.

3. 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 be his new driver.
(c) He wants Rye to shovel coal for him.
(d) He wants Rye to be the new foreman at his mines.

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

5. What does Jules's mother say might get him killed one day?
(a) His hair.
(b) His laugh.
(c) His skin color.
(d) His shoes.

6. What is the last name of the ferryman that Jules takes for himself?
(a) Revoir.
(b) Henries.
(c) Revere.
(d) Plante.

7. What emotion does Rye recognize on Fred Moore's face when he visits Rye's porch room at Mrs. Ricci's?
(a) Anger.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pity.

8. What is Gig's full name?
(a) Richard Gigarow.
(b) Gregory Dolan.
(c) Gregory Haverford.
(d) Richard Gigerland.

9. Who is giving Gurley a particularly hard time about her work when Rye first meets her?
(a) Mr. Cawley.
(b) Mr. McLaggan.
(c) Mr. Filigno.
(d) Mr. Moore.

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

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

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

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

14. Who is the acting Chief of Police in Spokane?
(a) Waterbury.
(b) Harvery.
(c) Sullivan.
(d) Clegg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rye grow up and then leave after his mother's death?

2. Who does Jules's mother send him to live with three years before she dies?

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

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

5. What does Brand call his own house?

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