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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. Who does Gig fall into a romance with?
(a) Ursula the Great.
(b) Ramona Friendly.
(c) Susan B. Anthony.
(d) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

2. Where did Rye grow up and then leave after his mother's death?
(a) Bisonville.
(b) Topeka.
(c) Whitehall.
(d) Seattle.

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

4. What deal does Ursula the Great make with Brand?
(a) She negotiates for a percentage of the ticket sale profits.
(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 asks for part ownership in one of his mines.

5. Who is the lawyer who gets Rye out of jail?
(a) Winston Henries.
(b) Fabrize Seppia.
(c) Fred Moore.
(d) Marshall McLuhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursula tell Rye that Gig has told her he wants to do for him?

2. Who was First Ursula's manager who fires her for getting too old?

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

4. What does Jules's mother say might get him killed one day?

5. Who is one of the thieves who stole the pelts from the Scots?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Jules when two men steal the raft of the ferryman Plante from him in 1864?

3. Why do the police let Jules out of jail and where does he go?

4. How does Walter describe Spokane in 1909?

5. Why did Rye come West looking for Gig?

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

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

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

9. Why does Rye follow Gig to the labor protests in Part I even though Gig tells him not to?

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

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