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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other name for a wedding reception, and is traditional for the characters in this story?
(a) Veselija
(b) Rehaja
(c) Vassail
(d) Wanneid

2. What does the family find out about their home?
(a) It's not new
(b) It's been sold to someone else too
(c) It's not insulated
(d) It's going to be demolished

3. What is the name of the place where the pigs are killed?
(a) The pickling room
(b) The killing room
(c) The killing floor
(d) The assembly line

4. Who is the leader of the Democratic party?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Mike Scully
(c) Thompson
(d) Conner

5. What is Marija's job?
(a) Sewing clothes
(b) Killing pigs
(c) Painting cans
(d) Making sausages

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jurgis decide to do in order to help himself and his understanding?

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

4. What barrier does not stand in the way of Jurgis getting a job?

5. Who died in his sleep, working up until that point without trouble?

(see the answer key)

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