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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mac lament doing after the men who try to steal their paper leave?

2. What does Jim tell Mac influenced him to join the Party?

3. Who does Jim claim is his reason for wanting to join the Party?

4. What is Mac's dream about the the strike and causing a lot of fuss?

5. Why do Harry and Jim decide that using Jim's real name will not be detrimental to Jim's relatives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Jim put in jail before coming to Harry?

2. Why does Joy remind Jim of his father?

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

4. Why is Joy incarcerated in Chapter 3?

5. How does Mac use the analogy of running new hunting dogs with old timers with Jim?

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

7. Why is field work so dangerous, according to Mac?

8. How does Dan break his hip?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When a rubber band is stretched, it reaches a point where it is stretched as far as it can go and can snap. Chapter 13 is the heightened action that Steinbeck uses all of the previous chapters to work towards. Winning or losing the strike will all depend on the actions of the following day in Chapter 14. Liken Chapter 13 to that of the stretched rubber band analogy and Chapter 14 as what will happen to the rubber band.

Essay Topic 2

London and Mac both assume leadership roles among the men throughout the novel. Who is truly the better choice? Why? What attributes do these two men have that are advantages for a leader and disadvantages for a leader? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapters 1 and 2 the reader learns more about the Party, who the members are, and what the organization is like. Use information from the first two chapters to discuss what clues are given to show the grassroots of the men in the Party, their social status, their education, and the level of their organization. How does the information help shape the reader's thoughts about the Party?

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