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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator of the section titled The Kid, 1864, think as he goes over the falls?
2. What do the men in the labor demonstration do in succession?
3. What is the name of the club Ursula performs at that Brand owns?
4. What language does Gemma speak to Jules in softly before she says goodbye to him for one last time when the coroner takes his body?
5. What is Rye's full name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ask Rye to join her as she fundraises for the labor movement?
2. How do Rye, Gig, Jules and the mystery person get away from the police when they are cornered?
3. Where does the IWW's nickname come from?
4. Who does Rye ask Fred Moore, his lawyer, to find after Rye gets out of jail, and what has happened to Gig?
5. Why did Rye come West looking for Gig?
6. Why do the police let Jules out of jail and where does he go?
7. What does Jules hope for Rye after seeing him once while they are both in jail and Rye tells Jules he is sorry?
8. What happens to Jules when two men steal the raft of the ferryman Plante from him in 1864?
9. In Chapter 13, what does Rye say that elicits Fred Moore's sympathy at Mrs. Ricci's house?
10. What does the thief on the raft want Jules to think as he goes over the waterfall?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Walter express, explain, and highlight the violence that beset labor activists in the early 1900s in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Which characters in the novel demonstrate expressions and feelings of empathy towards Gig and/or Rye? Which characters' actions were the most surprising to you as a reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What is the relationship between the police, the wealthy ruling classes and industrialists, and the labor activists? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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