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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edna threaten to do if Joe does not change his behavior?
(a) Move in with her best friend.
(b) Buy herself a fancy new dress.
(c) Get a job at a diner.
(d) Run away with an old boyfriend.

2. What does Joe bring home from the war?
(a) An angry disposition.
(b) A medal.
(c) Shrapnel.
(d) A new wife.

3. What does Joe mean when he says, "I rode the wheels off the chariot."?
(a) The front wheel has fallen off his motorcycle.
(b) He has done a lot of driving.
(c) He rode on a bus over 100 miles.
(d) His cab has a flat tire.

4. How does Miller initially feel about the new job assignment?
(a) Lukewarm.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Very happy.
(d) Displeased.

5. How much of a raise is Miller initially offered?
(a) Twenty dollars a month.
(b) Two dollars a day.
(c) Twelve dollars a year.
(d) Five dollars a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two unions have failed at past strikes?

2. Who are the two main characters in Scene 3?

3. What is one thing Fatt accuses "reds" of doing?

4. What is Fayette's attitude toward unskilled workers?

5. Why is the boss meeting with Miller?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Sid's economic situation affected his self-esteem?

2. At what point does Miller change his mind about the new assignment?

3. How does Clayton connect to the workers?

4. What does Joe think of Lefty?

5. What are the first indications that Joe and Edna are having financial problems?

6. In Scene 1 the play foreshadows many of the characters whose stories are told. Agate gives the reader a quick look back. Who are the characters he brings attention to and what are there issues?

7. How does Agate's approach to the workers compare with that of Clayton the spy's approach in Scene 5?

8. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to yell?

9. What are several factors that have contributed to Benjamin's removal from surgery?

10. How do Agate's and Fatt's picture of "reds" differ?

(see the answer keys)

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