In Dubious Battle True or False

1. "You think we're too important, and this little bang-up is too important. If the thing blew up right now it'd be worth it" (252). Why does Mac believe that the strike is worth something, even if the workers lose? -> Because Mac will have asserted his authority over them
2. "The hopelessness wasn't in them. They were quiet, and they were working; but in the back of every mind there was conviction that sooner or later they would win their way out of the system they hated" (20). Who is Jim describing here? -> the longshoremen in San Francisco
3. "On the outskirts of the mob the men began to shout, 'Look at the ladder! That's what they make us work on!'" (78). What the heck is riling the men up here? -> Dan's accident
4. Why is it that "Joy won't shake hands with anybody" (15)? -> He's shy.
5. "I want a billboard," said Mac, "Not a corpse" (213). To what is Mac referring? -> Beating the high school boy, as an example to others

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