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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization has Gig just joined in Part I?
(a) The Spokane Police.
(b) The Coal Miner's Club.
(c) The Molly MgGuires.
(d) The IWW.

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

3. 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) And the banner of labor will surely soon wave.
(c) The home of the brave will be better soon.
(d) Man and worker are the same.

4. 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.

5. What does Ursula tell Rye that Gig has told her he wants to do for him?
(a) Build a real home for them.
(b) Set Rye up in a book-binding business.
(c) Buy him a ticket to Seattle.
(d) Find a girl for Rye to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did First Ursula use in her original act?

2. How much money does Brand give Rye in Chapter 13?

3. Who helps Jules and is kind to him in jail?

4. How did Gig's and Rye's mother die?

5. Which of Rye's brothers was killed in a logging accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rye come West looking for Gig?

2. What does Ursula, Margaret Anne Burns, learn from the First Ursula, Edith?

3. What does Gemma tell Dominick Jules thought about burial practices when he was young?

4. Where did Rye meet his old friend Jules?

5. Why do the police come and start beating up the men on the ballfield in Part I?

6. Why does Rye get arrested at the labor rally in Part I?

7. How does Walter describe Spokane in 1909?

8. What kind of relationship does Ursula forge with First Ursula?

9. What does Rye think of Lemuel Brand's house?

10. In Chapter 13, what does Rye say that elicits Fred Moore's sympathy at Mrs. Ricci's house?

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