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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Tom that produces a fatal injury?
(a) His body is bashed against a stone building.
(b) He gets trapped in electrical wires.
(c) A large piece of wood lodges in his chest.
(d) He is hit in the head with flying rocks.

2. Dillon tells Jackie about a job opening for a/an __________________ back home.
(a) librarian.
(b) newspaper editor.
(c) social worker.
(d) nurse.

3. What question does Jackie ask Dillon that makes him clam up?
(a) If he has ever been arrested.
(b) If he's ever been in love.
(c) If he believes in God.
(d) If he would loan her some money.

4. Against which company do the coal miners wage a strike?
(a) Wheeling Mine Company.
(b) The International Oil Corp.
(c) All American Coal Corp.
(d) West Virginia Mining Corp.

5. With whom does Brenda fall in love?
(a) Tommie Boy.
(b) Toejam.
(c) Toad.
(d) Toadstool.

6. Who has all the poverty money sent to him so that he can dole it out?
(a) Sim.
(b) Arthur Lee.
(c) Dillon.
(d) Jimmy.

7. What is the name of the newspaper where Jackie takes a job?
(a) Justice Dispatch.
(b) Justice Gazette.
(c) Justice Clarion.
(d) Justice Advocate.

8. What does the company in #134 do regarding Homeplace?
(a) They sell Homeplace.
(b) They obtain rights to Homeplace.
(c) They film a TV documentary there.
(d) They withdraw funding for Homeplace.

9. Who is Lech Walesa?
(a) Polish astronaut.
(b) Polish Olympic skater.
(c) Polish band leader.
(d) Polish union leader.

10. When Dillon gets to the hospital, Jackie tells him that Rachel is dying because ____________________.
(a) she has had a brain aneurysm.
(b) she has end-stage cancer.
(c) she has had a bad heart attack.
(d) her lungs are filling with water.

11. Who has threatened to bring criminal charges against Tom if he doesn't shut down his VISTA activities?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Sim.
(c) Arthur Lee.
(d) Dillon.

12. The way that the vine grows up the tree is in the shape of ____________________.
(a) Mickey Mouse.
(b) the United States.
(c) the face of Jesus.
(d) a heart.

13. What does the company in #134 plan to do in Homeplace?
(a) Close the mines.
(b) Sell the mines.
(c) Reduce wages.
(d) Strip mine the area.

14. Where does Tom move to eventually?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Costa Rica.

15. What is carried in the doctor's container?
(a) Seed corn.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) A pair of black lungs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the dam begins to breach?

2. A doctor from which town comes looking for Dillon?

3. Jackie is upset because _____________ has left the area.

4. A guard at a picket line tells Jackie to get away even though _____________________.

5. Jackie talks to Dillon about her feelings regarding _________________.

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