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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do workers become committee members?
(a) They are appointed by the union bosses.
(b) They volunteer for a term.
(c) There are no committee members, just workers.
(d) They are elected by the workers.

2. Which of Joe and Edna's bills needs to be paid right away?
(a) Rent.
(b) The heat bill.
(c) Furniture installment.
(d) The light bill.

3. What does Edna say Joe's boss is giving the kids?
(a) Toys.
(b) Rickets.
(c) Stress and anxiety.
(d) A new pair of shoes.

4. What is the relationship of the main characters in Scene 3?
(a) Father and son.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) Waiter and customer.
(d) Employer and employee.

5. What does Joe initially think about strikes?
(a) He's not sure.
(b) Strikes work.
(c) Strikes do not work.
(d) People lose their jobs.

6. Who does Joe accuse of racketeering?
(a) Lefty.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Miller.
(d) Fatt.

7. In what war do 12 million men die?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Iraqi War.
(c) The Vietnam Conflict.
(d) World War I.

8. How does Joe feel about being the man of the house?
(a) He wishes he could be a kid again.
(b) He likes making the important decisions.
(c) He does not believe women can think for themselves.
(d) That's just the way it is.

9. What is the state of consumer markets?
(a) They are contracting.
(b) They are losing money.
(c) They are expanding.
(d) They are stagnant.

10. What does Joe mean when he refers to "black and blue boys?"
(a) Veterans of the war.
(b) Members of a certain sports team.
(c) Workers mistreated by their employers.
(d) Newspaper boys.

11. In Scene 2, what does Joe find when he arrives home from work at the end of the day?
(a) A living room without furniture.
(b) The police waiting to arrest him.
(c) An old friend who had come to visit.
(d) A new couch and chair.

12. What do the hackers need to do to be successful?
(a) Pay off the union leaders.
(b) Stand up like men and fight for their families.
(c) Send the Gunman out of the meeting hall.
(d) Meet behind closed doors and make a plan.

13. Why is the research in Laboratory A so important at the time of the play?
(a) It protects soldiers fighting in the current war.
(b) It prepares the United States for future wars.
(c) It is just regular research and not that important.
(d) It saves lives from disease.

14. What is Fayette's attitude toward unskilled workers?
(a) Intimidating.
(b) Fair.
(c) Derogatory.
(d) Sympathetic.

15. Who is Andy Gump?
(a) The guy who worked in Laboratory A.
(b) A newspaper comic strip character.
(c) A mentally challenged movie character.
(d) One of the employees who led the strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Odets foreshadow some of the main characters in the play?

2. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to wake the children?

3. What is one reason Joe gives for strikes sometimes failing?

4. What does Joe mean when he says, "I rode the wheels off the chariot."?

5. What does Edna imply that her current financial situation is causing to happen to her?

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