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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What source is suggested as proof to backup Fatt's claims?
(a) The radio.
(b) Union mazagine.
(c) The newspapers.
(d) Sports Illustrated.

2. How much do Joe and Edna pay for rent?
(a) Six dollars a week.
(b) Ten dollars a week.
(c) Five dollars a day.
(d) Fifteen dollars a month.

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

4. In Scene 3, what changes the employee's mind about the new work assignment?
(a) He doesn't think he can make a difference.
(b) Making chemical weapons.
(c) The boss asks him to spy on his supervisor.
(d) Writing weekly reports on his research.

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

6. What is the last action in Scene 3?
(a) Miller finally agrees to spy on his supervisor.
(b) Miller punches Fayette in the nose.
(c) Miller storms out of the office.
(d) Fayette throws Miller out of the office.

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

8. What does Joe bring home from the war?
(a) A medal.
(b) Shrapnel.
(c) A new wife.
(d) An angry disposition.

9. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to wake the children?
(a) They are going out for the evening.
(b) Because the children will realize they haven't eaten supper.
(c) They want some private time to themselves.
(d) They might disturb the game on the radio.

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

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

12. Who is Andy Gump?
(a) A newspaper comic strip character.
(b) One of the employees who led the strike.
(c) The guy who worked in Laboratory A.
(d) A mentally challenged movie character.

13. What is Joe's plan before going to the workers meeting?
(a) Talk to Lefty.
(b) Eat dinner.
(c) Meet privately with Fatt.
(d) Talk to the old boyfriend.

14. Who is the first character to speak in the play?
(a) Lefty.
(b) Joe.
(c) Fatt.
(d) Benjamin.

15. What is the relationship between Joe and Edna?
(a) Husband and wife.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) Boyfriend and girlfriend.
(d) Father and daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proof does Joe offer to contest Fatt's suggestion that workers had hot suppers to go home to?

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

3. What is being developed in Laboratory A?

4. What does Edna think about strikes?

5. What does Joe initially think about strikes?

(see the answer keys)

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