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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the first character speaking?
(a) Poker friends.
(b) Angry parents of little leaguers.
(c) A church fundraising group.
(d) Concerned workers.

2. Why does Joe think the workers need to strike?
(a) He doesn't. He believes striking is for losers.
(b) The workers are supporting the company rather than the family.
(c) Because it makes the bosses look bad.
(d) So the workers can have extra money for vacations.

3. How do workers become committee members?
(a) They volunteer for a term.
(b) They are appointed by the union bosses.
(c) There are no committee members, just workers.
(d) They are elected by the workers.

4. Why do the characters assemble in the first scene?
(a) To play a game of cards.
(b) To talk about a strike.
(c) To eat dinner at a restaurant.
(d) To listen to sports on radio.

5. What does Joe mean when he refers to "black and blue boys?"
(a) Veterans of the war.
(b) Workers mistreated by their employers.
(c) Newspaper boys.
(d) Members of a certain sports team.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lefty?

2. What does Joe bring home from the war?

3. What is one thing Fatt accuses "reds" of doing?

4. Which character is accused of taking a "run-out powder?"

5. What does a main character complain that the talk of Lefty has turned the meeting into?

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