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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jurgis do in response to Antanas' death?
(a) Calls the doctor
(b) Buries him
(c) Walks to the country
(d) Beats up the boarding house owner

2. Who is a lousy beggar?
(a) Mark
(b) Jack
(c) Jurgis
(d) Stanislovas

3. What are men all over joining in order to change their lives?
(a) The gentlemen's clubs
(b) The socialist party
(c) The Republican party
(d) The unions

4. When Jurgis is at his court date, who does not come to see him?
(a) Ona
(b) Elzbieta
(c) Stanislovas
(d) One of his children

5. Who throws Jurgis out of the home?
(a) A police officer
(b) The owner
(c) The butler
(d) The friend

6. What does the new friend give Jurgis?
(a) A plate of leftovers
(b) $100
(c) A bottle of milk
(d) A blanket

7. Jurgis believes the world is no place for a _______ to grow up in.
(a) Hope
(b) Child
(c) Person
(d) Business

8. What does Jurgis decide to do with his newfound wealth?
(a) Give it away to a beggar
(b) Break it into smaller bills
(c) Gamble
(d) Give it to Marija

9. Who is Jurgis directed to talk to?
(a) Orlea
(b) Ontrovena
(c) Ostrinski
(d) Tamola

10. What do Jack and Jurgis do together once they're out of jail?
(a) Head out of town
(b) Get a place together
(c) Join the democratic party
(d) Rob a man in an alley

11. What does Jurgis buy with his newfound wealth?
(a) A coat
(b) A house
(c) A drink
(d) Food

12. Where does Jurgis stay for a long time, leaving him alone and penniless at the end?
(a) A gambling hall
(b) The streets
(c) A boarding house
(d) A hospital

13. What does Jurgis do with the money the children bring home?
(a) Buys a prostitute
(b) Tells them to save it
(c) Buys whiskey
(d) Gambles

14. What job does Jurgis find with the help of friend he made in the union?
(a) Salesman
(b) Harvest works
(c) Boss
(d) Train conductor

15. What is the speaker talking about?
(a) Higher wages
(b) Democracy
(c) The working man's fate
(d) Peace

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides his son, what does Jurgis enjoy in his life now?

2. What is the speaker explaining in an impassioned speech?

3. Who is speaking at the nearby political meeting?

4. What does Jurgis eventually do that helps him earn good money?

5. Who does Jurgis go to once he gets his new job?

(see the answer keys)

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