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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. How old is Gurley in Part II when Rye meets her?

2. Who starts the wheels in motion that eventually end up in Rye getting released from prison?

3. What is the last thing that the dying person in the section titled Waterbury, 1909 thinks?

4. Who is the prosecutor in Rye's court appearance?

5. What is Gig's full name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Jules hope for Rye after seeing him once while they are both in jail and Rye tells Jules he is sorry?

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Rye come West looking for Gig?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Walter chooses to open the novel with the killing of Officer Waterbury, and what kind of tone does this action set for the rest of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the relationship between the First Ursula (Edith) and Margaret Anne Burns, the Second Ursula, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Walter explore the brutality of the white settlers' treatment of Native Americans in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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