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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Fatt accuses "reds" of doing?
(a) Turning women into prostitutes.
(b) Turning women into Christians.
(c) Supporting bosses against workers.
(d) Spying on workers.

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

3. What reasons does Joe give for not making more money?
(a) Conditions and competition.
(b) Conditions and no work.
(c) Competition and bad weather.
(d) Recent illness and bad weather.

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

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

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

7. Who is referred to as having "more guts than a slaughter house?"
(a) Lefty.
(b) The Gunman.
(c) Fatt.
(d) Joe

8. What quality in employees does the company reward?
(a) Networking skills.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Playfullness.
(d) Independence.

9. What does Edna imply that her current financial situation is causing to happen to her?
(a) Crying every day.
(b) Losing weight.
(c) Putting wrinkles on her face.
(d) Missing her favorite movie.

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

11. Who is the president as named in this scene?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Truman.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Hoover.

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

13. How is Miller treated at the beginning of the meeting?
(a) He is offered lunch.
(b) He is told he is under investigation.
(c) He is given compliments.
(d) He is chastised.

14. What proof does Joe offer to contest Fatt's suggestion that workers had hot suppers to go home to?
(a) He asks workers for a voice vote of yes or no.
(b) He asks for comments from workers.
(c) He asks workers to raise their hands.
(d) He describes his last evening meal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna think she is turning into?

2. What does Edna mean when she says, "Everything was gonna be so ducky!"?

3. What does Edna think about strikes?

4. In what war do 12 million men die?

5. Who has ordered the research in Laboratory A?

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