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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 does Brand tell Rye Early Reston really is?

2. What feeling does Dalveaux write that Spokane gave him?

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

4. Who is in Gurley's cell when she is first taken to jail?

5. Who does Gurley give money to impulsively in Seattle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dalveaux think of Brand?

5. What does Gurley do for Rye on his birthday?

6. What does Ursula do for Gig in Part IV that surprises and delights Gig?

7. Who helps Rye get a job at the machinist's shop, and how does Rye feel about the job?

8. What does Reston do to Dalveaux in Part III and why?

9. How does Gurley react when she finally finds out Rye has double-crossed her?

10. What does Sullivan say to Gurley that cuts her emotionally when he interviews her in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the nuances and complexities of the character Del Dalveaux as Walter describes him? 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

What does Al Bolin's betrayal and Dalveaux's treatment of him after the failed assassination plot say about the morals and conventions of the time and place? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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