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Q. Why does Mac hope for a long and difficult strike?
Because he's sadistic
Because he's making money off the workers
Because it gets new member for the Party
Because it makes the workers stronger and more united
Q. How does Dick get donations for the strikers?
He seduces sympathizers.
He steals.
He points out their poverty.
He uses logical arguments.
Q. Why are the workers striking?
The Growers cut their wages.
They are generally disgruntled by the work.
They are lazy and want wages for nothing.
They hate rich people.
Q. Why do London and Mac want the strikers to meet the scabs at the station?
They want to tell them the strike is over, so that they'll leave.
They want to give them some pamphlets.
They want to beat the scabs if they won't join the strike.
They want to clash with the police.
Q. Why does Doc Burton want to observe "group-man"?
He wants to find out how men in mobs behave differently from men alone.
It's part of a formal, ongoing sociological study of his.
He wants to find the origin of good and evil.
He hopes it will help him decide about joining the Communist Party.