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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 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 her daughters might pay for it in the end.
(d) She knew Jules would not approve of the labor movement.

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

3. Who runs from the police with Gig and Rye as they flee the ballfield?
(a) Jules and Ursula the Great.
(b) Jules and Elizabeth.
(c) Jules and Lem.
(d) Jules and a person they do not know.

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

5. What did Elizabeth Gurley Flynn say would make America a paradise on earth?
(a) Clean water.
(b) If it belonged to the people, not to a small owning class.
(c) Freedom from racism.
(d) Universal health insurance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises many of the men around Gurley about her current condition in Part II?

2. What refrain do the labor protesters keep saying during the police crackdown in Part I?

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

4. Who is Gemma's husband?

5. What is Gig's prized possession in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ask Rye to join her as she fundraises for the labor movement?

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

4. Why did Rye come West looking for Gig?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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