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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. What does Brand give Dalveaux for the job that annoys Dalveaux?

2. What is Gig's disposition after being released from jail?

3. What does Gurley spend the the trip from Missoula doing in Chapter 24?

4. What train station does Rye meet Gurley at in Chapter 16?

5. What story does Gurley tell Rye when he asks her if she is okay after the robbing in Taft?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Al Bolin tell Dalveaux in Part III that actually hurts his feelings?

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

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

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

5. What does Al Bolin end up doing to Gurley and Rye?

6. 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?

7. What does Gurley discover is going on in the jail when she spends the night there 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. What does Dalveaux think of Brand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the importance of newspapers to the labor activists' cause, and explain how Elizabeth Gurley Flynn uses the papers to rally supporters throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

How does Elizabeth Gurley Flynn win people to the cause of labor, and why do you think she is so beguiling even to people who are inclined to dislike her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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