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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hamper make the honor roll his sophomore year of high school?
(a) He had plenty of time to study while babysitting his younger siblings.
(b) His father was intimidating him into getting good grades.
(c) He was still motivated from his freshman year.
(d) He decided he never wanted to work in a factory.

2. During his first day of work, before he learned Roy's name, what nickname did Hamper give him?
(a) The greenie.
(b) The naïve one.
(c) The ignorant one.
(d) The prophet.

3. What music did Hamper and his coworkers listen to at work?
(a) Top 40's.
(b) Country.
(c) Oldies.
(d) Classic rock.

4. What plans did Hamper and Dale have together for their careers?
(a) Get injured and earn disability pay most of their lives.
(b) Move up into management.
(c) Stay in their tasks for thirty years.
(d) Gradually move into a less demanding assembly line.

5. What did Roy eventually do to his pet mouse?
(a) Trapped it in the wheel well he was constructing.
(b) Incinerated it with the welder's torch.
(c) Stepped on it.
(d) Set it free from the cardboard box.

6. How did Hamper and Joanie overcome their initial shyness toward each other?
(a) By going to concerts.
(b) By spending time.
(c) By failing history.
(d) By taking drugs.

7. What racket did Louie have going at work?
(a) Getting paid for forty hours when he worked thirty.
(b) Making rookies do all his work for him.
(c) Secretly selling alcohol down the assembly line.
(d) Secretly selling cigarettes down the assembly line.

8. According to Hamper, why did the nuns not care that he was a poor student?
(a) Their favorites were the obviously talented kids.
(b) They knew the school would produce many underachievers in exchange for a couple brilliant students.
(c) They were too old to care about much.
(d) They cared less about the children of factory workers.

9. Why did GM not hire Hamper when he wanted to apply?
(a) He had to be twenty-one to work there.
(b) During the recession, the factory wasn't hiring.
(c) He did not have good job references.
(d) They did not want to hire any more Hampers.

10. How long was Hamper given to learn his job?
(a) Two day.
(b) One day.
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

11. What motivated Hamper to make the honor roll during his freshmen year of high school?
(a) An attraction to girls.
(b) His dream of becoming an ambulance driver.
(c) A desire not to disappoint his mother.
(d) A desire to get out of Flint.

12. At the factory, when was the most popular time to drink?
(a) During the lunch break.
(b) Right before coming to work.
(c) While standing at the assembly line.
(d) Any time the person was on the clock.

13. What was Hamper's first impression of the crew of men he was called in with the first day?
(a) They were lazy men.
(b) They were sluggish, unskilled men.
(c) They were high school drop-outs.
(d) They were thrilled to be there for a job.

14. Oftentimes, when was a woman placed on the assembly line?
(a) When the work was easy.
(b) When the previous two workers had been seen doubling up their tasks.
(c) Whenever she wanted because there was no gender difference.
(d) When management had no one else to do the job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hamper do when people criticized him for drinking on the job?

2. What job did Hamper get after he quit painting?

3. When Hamper moved into his mother's basement, what did he think would save his marriage to Joanie?

4. As told in Chapter Four, how much money did Hamper make while working at the factory?

5. What year did Hamper begin working at GM?

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