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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. Who is Brand's driver and body man?
2. What emotion does Rye recognize on Fred Moore's face when he visits Rye's porch room at Mrs. Ricci's?
3. Who is Gemma's husband?
4. Who is the acting Chief of Police in Spokane?
5. What does Jules's mother say might get him killed one day?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Rye eventually get out of jail earlier than expected?
2. Who does Ursula take Rye to see, and why does she do this?
3. What happens to Jules when two men steal the raft of the ferryman Plante from him in 1864?
4. What does Rye think of Lemuel Brand's house?
5. Where did Rye meet his old friend Jules?
6. What does the thief on the raft want Jules to think as he goes over the waterfall?
7. What is the true nature of Gemma's relationship with Jules, and why has she hidden this?
8. What are the conditions in the jail that Rye and Gig are in like?
9. Who does Rye ask Fred Moore, his lawyer, to find after Rye gets out of jail, and what has happened to Gig?
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 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
Write an essay analyzing Walter's exploration of the theme of power throughout the novel, including a discussion about which characters amass, maintain, grow, or lose it.
Essay Topic 3
How does Walter express, explain, and highlight the violence that beset labor activists in the early 1900s in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
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