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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. Which lawyer does Gurley say she is trying to get to defend the IWW protestors in Spokane?
2. What does Dalveaux feel guilty about doing in his past?
3. Who does Brand tell Dalveaux is particularly dangerous that he is targeting?
4. Who does Rye see that he thinks is threatening when he leaves the union hall in Chapter 24?
5. What newspaper ends up printing Gurley's article about the abuses of women in the Spokane jail?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Al Bolin end up doing to Gurley and Rye?
2. 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?
3. What does Rye bring home for Gig one night in Part IV that he thinks Gig will love, but that only seems to make Gig more upset?
4. Who shows up in Rye's hotel room in Part III in Seattle, and what does this person want?
5. Why do some people keep telling Elizabeth Gurley Flynn she should not be traveling around agitating for labor?
6. What does Rye learn about Gig from the newspaper in Spokane early in Part IV?
7. What does Reston do to Dalveaux in Part III and why?
8. What does Sullivan say to Gurley that cuts her emotionally when he interviews her in Part IV?
9. How does Gurley react when she finally finds out Rye has double-crossed her?
10. How does Gurley save herself and Rye in Taft?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
In a novel of many plot twists and turns, as well as nuanced characters, which action and/or character surprised you the most, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Walter chose to write this novel from many different first-person perspectives - Gig's, Ursula's, Dalveaux's, Gurley's, and, finally, Rye's - and what effect does this choice have on the reader's experience? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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