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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the steel mill that worries George?
(a) His hours are cut.
(b) There is a fire.
(c) The union disbands.
(d) There is talk of a strike.

2. What is George's first main job in America?
(a) Maintaining factory equipment.
(b) Building locomotives.
(c) Maintaining the railroad.
(d) Working in a steel mill.

3. According to the author, what is the birthright of a Slovak peasant?
(a) A paycheck and family.
(b) Freedom to worship.
(c) A job and house.
(d) Endless poverty and oppression.

4. Who rents a house to take in boarders?
(a) Dobrejcak.
(b) Dorta.
(c) George.
(d) Francka.

5. Who from George's past enters his shop one day?
(a) Mike.
(b) Joe.
(c) Zuska.
(d) Borka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Frick's partner and the owner of the steel mill?

2. What does George do during the summer to provide food for his family?

3. Who meets George and Elena at the train in Homestead?

4. What is heard in the streets after the mill closes?

5. Who is talking with George in Dorta's kitchen about leaving the steel mills?

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