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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. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Jim believe Mac will spend the twenty dollars on that Dick brings home?
(a) Guns.
(b) Food.
(c) Envelopes.
(d) Stamps.

2. Why does Jim want to join the Party?
(a) He wants a new start, different from everything.
(b) He wants to avenge his father and mother's deaths.
(c) He wants to eventually gain control of the Party.
(d) He wants to infiltrate the Party and destroy it.

3. Who do Mac and Jim convince Al of letting them meet while at his Lunch Wagon?
(a) Al's mother.
(b) Al's uncle.
(c) Al's father.
(d) Al's grandfather.

4. What are the only two punishments of the Party?
(a) Lecture and punishment.
(b) Physical punishment and solitary confinement.
(c) Hard labor and fines.
(d) Reprimand and expulsion.

5. What does Mac admit to Jim after delivering Lisa's baby?
(a) He was scared out of his mind.
(b) He saw how to deliver a baby once on TV.
(c) He did not know what he was doing.
(d) He never worked in a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dan's occupation before becoming a migrant crop worker?

2. What nickname does London give Mac that sticks?

3. Who does Mac tell Jim not to bother trying to convert to the Party?

4. What does Mac tell Dick to do to raise bail for Joy?

5. What does Al express concern about while Jim and Mac eat at his Lunch Wagon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mac explain the process of a strike to Jim?

2. Why does Mac want to make sure that Doc Burton has no legal or civil problems?

3. Why does Mac strategize about bringing a doctor onto the strikers' camping ground?

4. In Chapter 2, Jim reminisces about mysterious happenings during his childhood; how did this, according to Jim, affect his mother?

5. Why is Dakin afraid of being involved in the strike?

6. What is the specific situation that occurred that Mac recounts as the reason for why Joy is "screwy."

7. In Chapter 7, why does Mac need Doc Burton to come and stay on the campsite with the strikers?

8. What are the sounds playing at the end of Chapter 6?

9. What does the orchard superintendent tell London to do?

10. In Chapter 6, why does the checker offer Jim money in exchange for information? What information?

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