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. Which of Rye's brothers was killed in a logging accident?
(a) Frank.
(b) Danny.
(c) Henry.
(d) Gig.

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

3. What is Gig's prized possession in Part II?
(a) Volumes I and II of War and Peace.
(b) His pearl-handled knife.
(c) His fine leather boots.
(d) His Derringer gun.

4. What do the men in the labor demonstration do in succession?
(a) Shoot at police.
(b) Light fires in shops.
(c) Steal from shops.
(d) Get on soapboxes and start speaking or singing.

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

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

7. Whose house do Gig and Rye stay in for a time in Spokane as paying boarders?
(a) Mrs. Jessup's.
(b) Ma Rinaldi's.
(c) Mr. Plante's.
(d) Mrs. Ricci's.

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 Gig would eventually get some money out of it and she did not want that.
(c) She knew Jules would not approve of the labor movement.
(d) She knew her daughters might pay for it in the end.

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

10. What does Brand tell Rye people like Gurley really only want?
(a) A war.
(b) Chaos.
(c) To write a book and reap the benefits.
(d) A truce.

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

12. 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 "There is no heaven."
(d) She says "No."

13. What does Gig often call Rye as a term of affection?
(a) Ripper.
(b) Riggley.
(c) Rye-boy.
(d) Runt.

14. What does Rye ask Ursula on their car ride in Chapter 13?
(a) Why she decided to come to Spokane in the first place.
(b) How she learned to sing so well.
(c) How she manages to escape from the cougar every night.
(d) How she affords her fine coats and furs.

15. Who is Gemma's husband?
(a) Henry.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Dominick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rye get out of jail earlier than most of the other men?

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

3. How did Gig's and Rye's sister die?

4. What is Acting Police Chief Sullivan known for?

5. Where do Rye and Gig wake up in Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

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