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

2. What does it mean when a character is called "yellow?"
(a) He is a coward.
(b) He has a sunny disposition.
(c) He is a cab driver.
(d) He is courageous.

3. What does Joe mean when he refers to "black and blue boys?"
(a) Newspaper boys.
(b) Veterans of the war.
(c) Members of a certain sports team.
(d) Workers mistreated by their employers.

4. What do the hackers need to do to be successful?
(a) Meet behind closed doors and make a plan.
(b) Stand up like men and fight for their families.
(c) Pay off the union leaders.
(d) Send the Gunman out of the meeting hall.

5. How does Edna react to Joe's attempts at affection?
(a) Gives him a back rub.
(b) Slaps his face.
(c) Refuses to let him touch her.
(d) Welcomes his embrace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Edna fear will happen to the kids' bodies if they don't eat better?

3. What is one reason Joe gives for strikes sometimes failing?

4. What two unions have failed at past strikes?

5. What does Joe bring home from the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Benjamin decide to do after being fired, and what had he been thinking about doing?

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

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

5. How do you think Irv feels as a result of his behavior toward Florence?

6. What are some of the reasons that Fayette selects Miller for the new project?

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

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

9. What are two main themes contained in Scene 4 and how are they manifested?

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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