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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. How do the saloon girls protect Gurley during her night in jail?
(a) They feign illness so the guards will come and Gurley can escape.
(b) They pool their money for a phone call.
(c) They do not let the jailers take her out to sexually assault her.
(d) They let her sit by the fire.

2. How does Rye think Brand looks in Chapter 24?
(a) Scared.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Deathly ill.

3. Who shows up at Gurley's talk in Seattle?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Early Reston.
(c) Lemuel Brand.
(d) Gig.

4. Who helps Rye get a job in Chapter 27?
(a) Gig.
(b) Lemuel Brand.
(c) Marco Ricci.
(d) Ursula.

5. What does Sullivan do to stop Gurley from "jawing" on the street during the raid?
(a) Load her in the back of a wagon.
(b) Cut her.
(c) Tape her mouth shut.
(d) Blindfold her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rye figure out from his visit to Brand in Chapter 24?

2. The doorman of which hotel shoves Rye and tells him to move on in Chapter 24?

3. What nickname does Rye earn at his new job?

4. Why does Rye think Brand sends someone to Seattle to speak with him at first?

5. What is the first book Rye checks out from the Carnegie Library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gurley often tell people when they ask her what her husband thinks of her work?

2. Why is Rye not at the union hall when it is raided and Charlie and Gurley are arrested in Part IV?

3. Who helps Rye get a job at the machinist's shop, and how does Rye feel about the job?

4. Why do some people keep telling Elizabeth Gurley Flynn she should not be traveling around agitating for labor?

5. What does Rye buy with the twenty dollars from Brand, and why?

6. Why is Rye worried about Gig after Gig gets out of prison?

7. How does Gurley react when she finally finds out Rye has double-crossed her?

8. What does Reston do to Dalveaux in Part III and why?

9. Why does Brand hire Dalveaux?

10. What does Al Bolin tell Dalveaux in Part III that actually hurts his feelings?

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