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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Joe and Edna's daughter Emmy need before going to school the next day?
(a) A note for the teacher.
(b) To finish her homework.
(c) To eat a good breakfast.
(d) Her shoes repaired.

3. What does Fayette believe is the advantage of keeping certain employees drunk?
(a) They work harder drunk than sober.
(b) You can cheat them out of wages.
(c) Keeps them out of mischief.
(d) They are easier to justify firing.

4. Who does Fatt ask to stop the talkative Voice?
(a) Committee members.
(b) No one. He let him talk.
(c) His supporters in the audience.
(d) Gunman.

5. What is Fayette's attitude toward unskilled workers?
(a) Derogatory.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Intimidating.
(d) Fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 3, what changes the employee's mind about the new work assignment?

2. What does the hack do for a living?

3. Why is the boss meeting with Miller?

4. What does Joe mean when he says, "I rode the wheels off the chariot."?

5. Why is the research in Laboratory A so important at the time of the play?

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