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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the job Hamper first wanted to have?
(a) Factory worker.
(b) Construction worker.
(c) Ambulance driver.
(d) Airline pilot.

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

3. What did Hamper discover when he began to write poetry?
(a) He got better grade.
(b) Girls liked him.
(c) The teachers liked him better.
(d) He could escape the monotony of life.

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

5. What was the name of Hamper's first supervisor?
(a) Bud.
(b) Angel.
(c) Brown.
(d) Buck.

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

7. When did Hamper's great-grandfather begin working in the car factory?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1910.

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

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

10. What did Franklin write on napkins and bits of paper?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Bible verses.
(c) Magazine articles.
(d) Hate letters.

11. Where did Lightnin' sleep during every work shift?
(a) Sitting in the stairwell by the locker room.
(b) Lying on a cafeteria bench.
(c) Lying in a box by the Finishing Line.
(d) Leaning against the wall in the men's bathroom.

12. According to Hamper, what percentage of Flint was linked to the auto factories?
(a) 23.5.
(b) 66.5.
(c) 50.
(d) 10.

13. As Hamper began high school, what was his only plan for his life?
(a) To work at GM like his ancestors.
(b) To drink and sleep with lots of girls.
(c) To become a sensational radio personality.
(d) Not to work at GM or become a drunkard.

14. While painting apartments, why did Hamper become friends with Glen?
(a) Glen lived in the building.
(b) They were in identical situations.
(c) Glen often stopped by to say hi.
(d) Their wives had been friends for several months.

15. How did the assembly-line workers originally run their radio?
(a) By tuning into the factory loudspeaker.
(b) By plugging into a factory outlet.
(c) With 9-volt batteries.
(d) With a car battery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Dale hold during the first part of his day?

2. At the end of Chapter Four, where was Hamper writing the book?

3. What was Roy's plan for his job?

4. According to Hamper, why did the nuns not care that he was a poor student?

5. During his sophomore year of high school, what did Hamper name his rather large collection of poems?

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