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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 does Brand ask Rye when he visits Brand's house in Chapter 13?

2. What is one word Fred Moore uses to describe Gurley to Rye?

3. How did tramps traveling in Spokane know it?

4. Who comes to see Rye at Mrs. Ricci's in Chapter 13?

5. What newspaper does Sullivan buy in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where did Rye meet his old friend Jules?

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

5. How does Walter describe Spokane in 1909?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rye's attitude towards literature and culture change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Rye decide to stand on the box and sing, joining his brother Gig in the labor protest early in the novel, even though he has had no interest in activism or protesting up to this point? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How is Gig changed after his experience in jail and through participating in the hunger strike, and how does the experience change his relationship with his brother Rye? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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