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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 tell Jim about winning the strike and the cause?

2. How many men does it take to pick and clear Anderson's crop?

3. What does London offer to give the men to eat at the end of Chapter 14?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what does Mac have the men doing at the camp before the strikers arrive?

5. What does Doc Burton say he is almost out of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joy's death in Chapter 9 solidify the men in their cause?

2. Why is Dan appearing to be losing his mind when Jim goes to speak with him?

3. What happens to London when an outside agitator tries to turn the crowd against him?

4. Why do Dakin and London send out squads of men at the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. What does the paper say about the strikers at the beginning of Chapter 14?

6. What reasoning does Doc Burton give for why he is working so hard for the Party but is not a Party member?

7. After Jim tells a group of men about Joy being a kind of labor leader, what do they say in return?

8. What is the big mistake Mac claims that the vigilantes made in Chapter 9?

9. Why does Dakin call Mac cold-blooded?

10. Where do the cows, bull calf, and lima beans for the strikers come from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Men with stomachs" is a phrase mentioned several times in the narrative. What does this phrase mean and what is its significance to the narrative? Who does it include and why is it such a fragile, yet volatile phrase? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 10, Sam savagely beats up one of the checkers before Jim is shot. Can the reader feel sympathy for the checker and the other side of the battle? Why, or why not? Think about social context, war tactics and the mentality of either side. Can both sides have sympathy from the reader? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Jim and Doc Burton discuss religion in Chapter 11. Jim's devotion to the cause is almost a religious devotion which Doc Burton points out; however Jim recoils at the idea of religion. How are these two characters similar yet different? How does this conversation shed light on those similarities and differences? Write an essay that compares and contrasts Doc Burton and Jim, using the conversation in Chapter 11 as the anchor for the argument.

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