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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Her shoes repaired.
(d) To eat a good breakfast.

3. What is Joe paying his dues to?
(a) A Masonic order.
(b) The country club.
(c) A union.
(d) The Rotary Club.

4. What is the role of the character chewing on a toothpick?
(a) To keep score for the game.
(b) To maintain order.
(c) To get the minutes approved.
(d) To bring food.

5. What does Edna tell Joe to do to help improve the financial situation?
(a) Take action against the bosses.
(b) Sell his car to a friend.
(c) Borrow a loan from a family member.
(d) Get a second job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who initially insists that the action of many can accomplish what one cannot?

2. Why do the characters discuss "Mrs. Consumer" and Hollywood?

3. What is the last action in Scene 3?

4. What do the workers demand from the union leader?

5. What does Fatt do after Joe comes forward?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are several factors that have contributed to Benjamin's removal from surgery?

2. What is the point of emphasizing the closeness of Philadelphia to the workers?

3. Why is the Voice's evidence that Clayton is a spy more credible than Clayton's denials?

4. How do Agate's and Fatt's picture of "reds" differ?

5. How does Fatt try to convince the workers not to take action?

6. Why does Edna threaten infidelity as a way to convince Joe to support a strike?

7. What do you think Sid and Florence feel by the end of Scene 4?

8. What does Fayette's dialogue in which he uses the words "pollacks and niggers" say about his prejudice?

9. How has Sid's economic situation affected his self-esteem?

10. How does Agate's approach to the workers compare with that of Clayton the spy's approach in Scene 5?

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