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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 Rye buy with the$20 from Brand in Chapter 24?
2. What does Brand do when he hires Dalveaux that annoys Dalveaux greatly?
3. How much money does Bolin want to keep from the failed job for Dalveaux?
4. What story does Gurley tell Rye when he asks her if she is okay after the robbing in Taft?
5. Who comes to collect Rye to take him to Brand's?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ursula do for Gig in Part IV that surprises and delights Gig?
2. What does Rye learn about Gig from the newspaper in Spokane early in Part IV?
3. What does Gurley do for Rye on his birthday?
4. What does Ursula tell Gig about in the very end of Part IV?
5. How does Rye feel about traveling with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn in Part III?
6. Why does Brand hire Dalveaux?
7. Who does Gurley give money to on a whim in Seattle, and why does she do this?
8. How does the shopkeeper Bradley and Graham's treat Rye when he comes in in Part IV?
9. Why do some people keep telling Elizabeth Gurley Flynn she should not be traveling around agitating for labor?
10. Why is Rye worried about Gig after Gig gets out of prison?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
What is the relationship between the police, the wealthy ruling classes and industrialists, and the labor activists? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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