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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 is one word Fred Moore uses to describe Gurley to Rye?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Redoubtale.
(c) Sad.
(d) Short-tempered.

2. How did tramps traveling in Spokane know it?
(a) By its rail stations.
(b) By its saloons.
(c) By its smells.
(d) By its large department stores.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one language Jules speaks besides English?

2. What newspaper does Sullivan buy in Chapter 5?

3. What does Rye tell Jules when he sees him once on the rockpile?

4. What organization has Gig just joined in Part I?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rye eventually get out of jail earlier than expected?

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

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

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

5. Who does Rye ask Fred Moore, his lawyer, to find after Rye gets out of jail, and what has happened to Gig?

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

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

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

9. What is the last thing Waterbury thinks of before he dies, and why?

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

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