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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the character in charge of the wedding?
(a) Marija
(b) Ona
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Stanislovas

2. What kinds of cows are killed, which upsets Jurgis as he works?
(a) Defective cows
(b) Pregnant cows
(c) Still alive cows
(d) Sleeping cows

3. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?
(a) Help more around the house
(b) Get a job
(c) Find a girl
(d) Go to school

4. Where does Jurgis get his next job?
(a) The canning factory
(b) A fertilizer plant
(c) A farm
(d) Another slaughterhouse

5. Who ignores the carcasses that pass by unchecked on the conveyor belt?
(a) Ona
(b) Jurgis
(c) The women
(d) The government inspector

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jurgis understand for the first time as part of the union?

2. Where does Jurgis have to go after his first day back at work?

3. Where does the family of this novel originate from?

4. Why does Jurgis think the system of meatpacking is so efficient?

5. The bosses at the slaughterhouses cheat the men by ________ their hours of work.

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