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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 says she will edit the edition in the IWW's paper in Chapter 24?

2. Who visits Rye in his hotel room in Part III, surprising him?

3. How much does Gurley raise in Seattle for the IWW?

4. What does Gurley buy Rye to celebrate his birthday?

5. Where does Gurley go after she is released from jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ursula tell Gig about in the very end of Part IV?

2. What does Gurley discover is going on in the jail when she spends the night there in Part IV?

3. How does the shopkeeper Bradley and Graham's treat Rye when he comes in in Part IV?

4. How does Gurley save herself and Rye in Taft?

5. Why does Brand hire Dalveaux?

6. What does Rye learn about Gig from the newspaper in Spokane early in Part IV?

7. Why is Rye not at the union hall when it is raided and Charlie and Gurley are arrested in Part IV?

8. What does Rye buy with the twenty dollars from Brand, and why?

9. Why do some people keep telling Elizabeth Gurley Flynn she should not be traveling around agitating for labor?

10. Who does Rye see again in Seattle after Gurley's speech there to rally people to the labor movement's cause, and what does this person tell Rye?

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

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

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.

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