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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 is the Superintendent of the mill?
(a) Paul.
(b) Flack.
(c) Dobie.
(d) Spetz.

2. What are Mike and Mary missing at the end of Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) The money from the boarding business.
(b) The mill paycheck.
(c) Their families.
(d) Their friends in Braddock.

3. As Part 4, Chapter 1 begins, what character is now known as Dobie?
(a) George.
(b) Johnnie.
(c) Joe.
(d) Mikie.

4. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6, who gives Mary lessons about running a boarding house?
(a) Mike.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Dorta.
(d) Francka.

5. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 11, who does Mike plan on meeting later for a drink?
(a) Mary.
(b) John.
(c) Victor.
(d) Bodnar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the hotel where Dobie lives?

2. Who forms the Committee for Industrial Organization?

3. What do some of the men do when they lose their jobs?

4. Who does Dobie pick up at the train station for George's funeral?

5. What does Mike expect to happen after he votes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What directives does the company give the mill workers on how to vote? Does Mike follow the directives?

2. Where do Mike and Mary move to at the end of Part 2, Chapter 10? What do they have to do to get extra money now that there are no boarders?

3. What does the company remind the workers of during mid-term elections? What is the name of the candidate that Mike votes for in the election? What could happen as a result of Mike's choice?

4. Describe Mary's life and her children's after Mike's death.

5. What suggestions do Joe and Dorta have for Mary to take care of her children? Is Dorta's suggestion based on logic or emotion?

6. Who comes in from New York for George's funeral? What feelings does Dobie express about living and working in Braddock to Mikie? What does this once again say about Dobie's resolve?

7. How does Dobie's private life change during the Depression? What happens in his work life?

8. In Chapter 1 of Part 4, which character becomes the third generation's main character of the story line? Describe this character.

9. Explain why voting for the Socialist Party would be in line with Mike's concerns about the mill at this point.

10. At the end of Pat 2, Chapter 14, what happens after George goes out drinking the day before Anna's baby's christening?

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