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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gurley react to the news that Rye has sold her and the IWW out to Lemuel Brand?
(a) She asks him to send her husband a telegraph.
(b) She asks him to do a favor for her.
(c) She tells him to leave and never come back.
(d) She asks him to send a flower to her mother.

2. What does Gurley tell Reston and Rye about meeting Al Bolin?
(a) To be sympathetic to Al.
(b) To be tough on Al.
(c) To be deferential to Al.
(d) To try to act normal.

3. What kind of substance does Dalveaux often indulge in?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Alcohol.

4. What does Gurley tell one of the saloon girls about her past?
(a) She does not really believe in labor causes.
(b) She almost died of tuberculosis.
(c) She has already lost a baby.
(d) She has been divorced once already.

5. How does Dalveaux die?
(a) By gunshot.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) By stabbing and having his throat slit.
(d) Someone drowns him.

6. What kind of land was Taft built on?
(a) National Forest land.
(b) Indian burial ground.
(c) Spanish land.
(d) French land.

7. Who does Gurley give money to impulsively in Seattle?
(a) A priest.
(b) Carol Anne.
(c) Olan.
(d) A nun.

8. What makes Rye decide to do one last errand for Brand in Chapter 24?
(a) Brand promises to get Gig out of jail in two days.
(b) Brand promises to let Ursula go.
(c) Brand promises not to hurt Gurley.
(d) Brand promises not to kill Rye.

9. What does one of the saloon girls suggest Gurley name her baby?
(a) Michael.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Oleksander.
(d) Neil.

10. Who does Dalveaux kill randomly in Part III?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A drunk tramp.
(c) A newspaper boy.
(d) A shoe salesman.

11. How did Gurley's mother feel about her leaving home to become a traveling activist?
(a) She disowned Gurley for it.
(b) She was excited for Gurley about it.
(c) She told Gurley she would only send her money to bail her out of prison one time.
(d) She grudgingly allowed it.

12. What does Gurley say she "comes for" in the section titled Gurley?
(a) The win.
(b) The thrill of victory.
(c) The morbs.
(d) The fight.

13. How do the saloon girls protect Gurley during her night in jail?
(a) They do not let the jailers take her out to sexually assault her.
(b) They pool their money for a phone call.
(c) They feign illness so the guards will come and Gurley can escape.
(d) They let her sit by the fire.

14. What do the men in Taft do after Gurley's speech?
(a) Steal money from her.
(b) Tell her they have called her husband to come collect her.
(c) Make her cook for them.
(d) Put her on the train safely.

15. What story does Gurley tell Rye when he asks her if she is okay after the robbing in Taft?
(a) That she liked to give speeches to her stuffed animals as a little girl.
(b) That she never learned how to bake a pie.
(c) That her father told her never to get involved in the labor movement.
(d) That she and her husband fell in love on a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rye get a job in Chapter 27?

2. What does Gurley tell Fred Moore to do with her bail money?

3. Who tells Del Dalveaux that the assassination did not come off?

4. The doorman of which hotel shoves Rye and tells him to move on in Chapter 24?

5. What is Gig's disposition after being released from jail?

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