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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jurgis go to look for work?
(a) The train station
(b) The stockyards
(c) The factories
(d) The farms

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

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

4. Why does Ona want to get a job?
(a) So they can get married
(b) So she can buy things
(c) So she can have more children
(d) So she can pay off their house

5. How do Ona and Jurgis pay for the furnishings they acquire?
(a) They don't
(b) They put them on layaway
(c) They rent them
(d) They include the cost in their mortgage

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of this novel?

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

3. What happened to the man who was in Jurgis' job before?

4. Who does Ona want to marry?

5. What makes the family realize they will need to make more money?

(see the answer key)

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