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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is also going to have to go to work, besides Ona?
(a) Stanislovas
(b) Antanas
(c) Jack
(d) Marija

2. Why does Jurgis think the system of meatpacking is so efficient?
(a) Because of the machines
(b) Because of the workers
(c) Because it is so fast
(d) Because it uses every part of the pig

3. Who finds Jurgis his first job?
(a) Antanas
(b) Jack
(c) Conner
(d) The delicatessen owner

4. What 'helps' Ona and Jurgis furnish their home?
(a) The mortgage company
(b) Advertisements
(c) The welfare department
(d) Interior designers

5. Who falls in love with the violin player?
(a) Marija
(b) Ona
(c) Jurgis
(d) Antanas

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of cows are killed, which upsets Jurgis as he works?

2. What does the family find out about their home?

3. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?

4. What does Jurgis think works against the American ideal of individuality?

5. Who is the narrator of this novel?

(see the answer key)

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