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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 do the saloon girls protect Gurley during her night in jail?
2. What nickname does Rye earn at his new job?
3. Who meets Gurley, Rye, and Reston Early at Missoula?
4. What is Gig's disposition after being released from jail?
5. What does Rye buy with the$20 from Brand in Chapter 24?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sullivan say to Gurley that cuts her emotionally when he interviews her in Part IV?
2. What does Rye learn about Gig from the newspaper in Spokane early in Part IV?
3. What does Ursula tell Gig about in the very end of Part IV?
4. What does Gurley do for Rye on his birthday?
5. What does Al Bolin end up doing to Gurley and Rye?
6. How does Gurley react when she finally finds out Rye has double-crossed her?
7. 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?
8. Why is Rye not at the union hall when it is raided and Charlie and Gurley are arrested in Part IV?
9. What does Rye buy with the twenty dollars from Brand, and why?
10. What does Brand ask Rye to do for him in Part IV when he has Willard take Rye to his house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How would you describe Rye's and Gig's relationship over the course of the novel, and how does it change from the beginning to the end? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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