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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 kind of land was Taft built on?
2. How did Gurley's mother feel about her leaving home to become a traveling activist?
3. How does Gurley react to the news that Rye has sold her and the IWW out to Lemuel Brand?
4. What does Gurley tell the irate priest in the union hall in Seattle?
5. What nickname does Rye earn at his new job?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gurley do for Rye on his birthday?
2. What does Rye learn about Gig from the newspaper in Spokane early in Part IV?
3. What does Dalveaux think of Brand?
4. Who shows up in Rye's hotel room in Part III in Seattle, and what does this person want?
5. Why is Rye not at the union hall when it is raided and Charlie and Gurley are arrested in Part IV?
6. Why does Brand hire Dalveaux?
7. What does Sullivan say to Gurley that cuts her emotionally when he interviews her in Part IV?
8. What does Ursula do for Gig in Part IV that surprises and delights Gig?
9. What does Al Bolin end up doing to Gurley and Rye?
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
Why does Rye decide to stand on the box and sing, joining his brother Gig in the labor protest early in the novel, even though he has had no interest in activism or protesting up to this point? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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