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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the summer and fall of 1977, how many hours a day did Hamper work?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Fourteen.

2. Why was Hamper reinstated as a student in the school?
(a) He promised not to break any more school rules until graduation.
(b) He turned in a written apology.
(c) His mother pleaded for the school to take him back.
(d) He promised to provide drugs to the principal.

3. As Brown hung around in the Cab Shop, what did he do?
(a) Fell asleep.
(b) Drank beer.
(c) Smoked marijuana.
(d) Read magazines.

4. What aggravated Hamper about his friendship with Janice?
(a) Their coworkers assumed they were sleeping together.
(b) She acted too differently from the male employees.
(c) She insisted that she could do everything a man could.
(d) She wanted to hide their friendship from her husband.

5. Why did Hamper's dad yell at him for his bad grades?
(a) Education was important to him.
(b) He wanted his son to avoid the life of a factory worker.
(c) He cared about achieving more and looking better than the neighbors.
(d) He wanted his wife to be proud of all their kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Hamper begins Chapter Five, what does he think is the worst part of unemployment?

2. Why does Hamper want to avoid his grandfather at the family reunion?

3. At the beginning of Chapter Two, what religiously-loaded term did Hamper use to describe Flint?

4. How had Hamper imagined his father's work before he saw it?

5. Why was Robert often angry when he got his check?

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