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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house do Gig and Rye stay in for a time in Spokane as paying boarders?

2. Who does Gig fall into a romance with?

3. What is the last name of the ferryman that Jules takes for himself?

4. What animal is in the act of the woman Gig falls into a romance with?

5. What words does Rye's lawyer use to get him out of jail but that sting Rye's ego?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the true nature of Gemma's relationship with Jules, and why has she hidden this?

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

3. How does Walter describe Spokane in 1909?

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

5. What does Ursula, Margaret Anne Burns, learn from the First Ursula, Edith?

6. Where did Rye meet his old friend Jules?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Elizabeth Gurley Flynn win people to the cause of labor, and why do you think she is so beguiling even to people who are inclined to dislike her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In a novel of many plot twists and turns, as well as nuanced characters, which action and/or character surprised you the most, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Early Reston saves Gig and Rye at several points in the book, only to kill Gig at the end? What do you think Walter was trying to communicate to the reader about the time, place, and cultural atmosphere through Reston's character? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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