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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. Who are the two main characters in Scene 3?
(a) Miller and Fayette.
(b) Siegfried and Miller.
(c) Miller and Fatt.
(d) Fayette and Siegfried.

2. What does it mean to "take a run-out powder?"
(a) Take medicine for an upset stomach.
(b) Not leave when asked.
(c) Not show up as promised.
(d) Take a quick trip somewhere.

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

4. What does Fatt do after Joe comes forward?
(a) Sits and relights his cigar.
(b) Stands and crosses his arms.
(c) Turns his back to Joe.
(d) Sits at the end of the table.

5. Why is the research in Laboratory A so important at the time of the play?
(a) It protects soldiers fighting in the current war.
(b) It saves lives from disease.
(c) It is just regular research and not that important.
(d) It prepares the United States for future wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe tell Edna he had for lunch when he gets home from work?

2. What does Edna say Joe's boss is giving the kids?

3. What quality in employees does the company reward?

4. What does Joe mean when he refers to "black and blue boys?"

5. What does Joe mean when he says, "I rode the wheels off the chariot."?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fatt say being a "red" is so bad?

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

3. Who speaks for the workers?

4. How does Joe explain his change in attitude about the need to strike?

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

6. What is Joe and Edna's relationship like?

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

8. What, if anything, justifies Fatt's use of a spy to avoid a strike?

9. What are some reasons that Odets puts figurative language into Agate's dialogue?

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

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