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

2. Who was First Ursula's manager who fires her for getting too old?
(a) Patrick McLaggan.
(b) Joe Considine.
(c) Frank McHenry.
(d) Samuel Clagg.

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

4. What is the name of the club Ursula performs at that Brand owns?
(a) The Comique.
(b) The Sapphire.
(c) The Feather.
(d) The Peacock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the IWW's nickname?

2. What does the narrator of the section titled The Kid, 1864, think as he goes over the falls?

3. What does Gemma remember Jules used to say about the two of them?

4. What is Acting Police Chief Sullivan known for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the conditions in the jail that Rye and Gig are in like?

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

5. Who does Ursula take Rye to see, and why does she do this?

6. How does Walter describe Spokane in 1909?

7. Where does the IWW's nickname come from?

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

9. What does Jules's mother tell him might get him killed one day?

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

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