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

2. What does Edna say Joe's boss is giving the kids?
(a) A new pair of shoes.
(b) Toys.
(c) Rickets.
(d) Stress and anxiety.

3. What does Joe initially think about strikes?
(a) People lose their jobs.
(b) Strikes work.
(c) Strikes do not work.
(d) He's not sure.

4. What does a main character complain that the talk of Lefty has turned the meeting into?
(a) A circus.
(b) A church mass.
(c) A brawl.
(d) A pep rally.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Andy Gump?

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

3. What is one thing Fatt accuses "reds" of doing?

4. How much of a raise is Miller initially offered?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is striking the best option for the workers or should they have explored other possible solutions?

3. At what point does Miller change his mind about the new assignment?

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

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

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

7. What language does Clayton use that is reminiscent of Fatt's earlier speech?

8. Is Florence right to put the family ahead of what she wants? Why or why not?

9. How does the dialogue about smoking and drinking speak to the qualities of the two characters?

10. How does Scene 6 foreshadow what will happen to Benjamin?

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