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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. What language does Gemma speak to Jules in softly before she says goodbye to him for one last time when the coroner takes his body?

2. What do the men in the labor demonstration do in succession?

3. Which of Rye's brothers was killed in a logging accident?

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

5. What did Elizabeth Gurley Flynn say would make America a paradise on earth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Rye, Gig, Jules and the mystery person get away from the police when they are cornered?

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Rye come West looking for Gig?

9. How does Walter describe Spokane in 1909?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rye's first-person-narrated section at the very end of the novel change the way the reader feels about him? Why do you think Rye chose not to get more involved in activism following the advent of Gig's death, and instead chose a quiet life of steady hard work? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are some of the nuances and complexities of the character Del Dalveaux as Walter describes him? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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