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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edna fear will happen to the kids' bodies if they don't eat better?
(a) Crooked spines and swollen legs.
(b) Sick bones and crooked spines.
(c) Underweight and weak bones.
(d) Colds and club feet.

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

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

4. What does it mean when a character is called "yellow?"
(a) He is a coward.
(b) He is courageous.
(c) He is a cab driver.
(d) He has a sunny disposition.

5. Why is the boss meeting with Miller?
(a) To fire him.
(b) To have lunch because they are friends.
(c) To get dirt on other employees.
(d) To tell him about his new job.

6. What color is the hair of Joe and Edna's children?
(a) Red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

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

8. What makes Miller especially vulnerable to exploitation?
(a) He does not write well.
(b) He is too agreeable.
(c) He is a foreigner.
(d) He earned his degree in a foreign country.

9. What does Joe do to quiet the men?
(a) Raises his hand.
(b) Raises a clenched fist.
(c) Tells them to be quiet.
(d) He is unable to quiet them.

10. What does Fatt do to send the Gunman back to his original position?
(a) He tells the Gunman to let the character speak.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He waves his hand.
(d) He asks the workers to sit down.

11. How does Joe react to Edna's threats and accusations?
(a) With anger.
(b) Nonchalant.
(c) He is too cool to react.
(d) He ignores her.

12. How is Fatt described?
(a) A fat man of porcine appearance.
(b) A fat man with puffy cheeks.
(c) A red-faced porker.
(d) A round guy with piggy appearance.

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

14. How does Edna react to Joe's attempts at affection?
(a) Refuses to let him touch her.
(b) Welcomes his embrace.
(c) Gives him a back rub.
(d) Slaps his face.

15. What two unions have failed at past strikes?
(a) Textile and steel.
(b) Teamsters and canners.
(c) Textile and taxi drivers.
(d) Dock and auto workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna imply that her current financial situation is causing to happen to her?

2. How is Miller treated at the beginning of the meeting?

3. Who is referred to as having "more guts than a slaughter house?"

4. Who is Lefty?

5. Why do the characters assemble in the first scene?

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