Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line Test | Final Test - Easy

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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 178 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Hamper experience his last breakdown?
(a) April 1988.
(b) February 1992.
(c) November 1995.
(d) June 1990.

2. When was Hamper asked for an autograph by an ambitious husband?
(a) As he was driving to his mental health group.
(b) When he was hitting rivets during his last shif.
(c) As he was getting into his car to leave the factory.
(d) When he was leaving the factory for the last time.

3. What did Howie do when he began touring the factory again?
(a) Became the butt of everyone's jokes.
(b) Inspired confidence like he had done before.
(c) Walked slowly and did not interact with the employees.
(d) Bounded around to check the quality of people's work.

4. After four months on the Rivet Line, how did Hamper feel?
(a) That he deserved to move to a better job within the company.
(b) That he was getting bored.
(c) That he had fulfilled his destiny in life.
(d) That he would go crazy if he didn't escape.

5. What two different personalities did Hank exhibit?
(a) Pervert and saint.
(b) Hard worker and slacker.
(c) Quiet employee and bossy supervisor.
(d) Drunkard and teetotaler.

6. How did Hamper and Dave Steel initially bond?
(a) They worked next to each other on the assembly line.
(b) Hamper invited Dave for a drink.
(c) Over Hamper's article that rock music was dead.
(d) Hamper asked Dave why he stood up to the supervisor.

7. As Hamper begins Chapter Five, what does he think is the worst part of unemployment?
(a) The unemployment line.
(b) No job security.
(c) His mother hassling him to get a job.
(d) Less money.

8. Why was Jackson afraid of Hamper?
(a) He thought Hamper would write about him in an article.
(b) He thought Hamper might beat him up some time.
(c) Hamper had blackmail material involving Jackson's drug habit.
(d) He thought Hamper could instigate a rebellion among the workers.

9. How did Hamper prepare for his interview for the Mother Jones cover story?
(a) Got a haircut and shave at a barbershop.
(b) Stayed up all night and got drunk.
(c) Reviewed the articles he had written in the past year.
(d) Ate a big dinner and slept eight hours.

10. Why was it difficult to get a visitor's pass for Alex, the reporter from The Wall Street Journal?
(a) Hamper's supervisor didn't want to give approval for the visit.
(b) No one knew where Hamper should go to request it.
(c) Every department said their hands were tied.
(d) The request took two weeks to process.

11. How much time passed between Hamper's first breakdown and his second?
(a) Eight hours.
(b) A week.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two days.

12. While reading The Wall Street Journal article, what did Hamper realize?
(a) The working class survivors were the backbone of America.
(b) The working class survivors were a pitiful lot.
(c) The average American was not interested in the working class survivors.
(d) He would rather be a writer than a factory worker.

13. Why did Hamper want to wear the Howie costume head?
(a) He wanted to be the quantity control mascot.
(b) He wanted to prove he could break into any locked room.
(c) He wanted a Halloween costume.
(d) He wanted to prove that Howie was not real.

14. According to Hamper in Chapter 10, why did GM not allow the NBC film crew into the factory?
(a) Hamper had already used his favors to get The Wall Street Journal writer in.
(b) GM did not trust anything Hamper wanted to do.
(c) GM believed any creativity came from a flawed mind.
(d) GM had strict publicity rules.

15. Why did Hamper cringe at the idea of Bob-A-Lou in love with the cafeteria cashier?
(a) He was hoping to set Bob-A-Lou up with his cousin.
(b) The cashier was slutty and Bob-A-Lou was a hopeless romantic.
(c) He thought Bob-A-Lou could do better than her.
(d) Bob-A-Lou was too jaded for the sweet cashier.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Six, as Hamper explains, what do the rednecks on the Rivet Line collect?

2. What was the subject matter of Dave and Hamper's "shopera" (pg 195)

3. What was the plot line of the movie Dave and Hamper planned to film?

4. In pretending that he's competing in the Olympics, who are his opponents?

5. How was Paul injured on the Rivet Line?

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