Out of This Furnace Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Out of This Furnace Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Thomas Bell (novelist)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What produces pollution in Homestead?
(a) The steel mills.
(b) A stagnant river.
(c) The railroad.
(d) Cars.

2. What is George's wife's name?
(a) Zuska.
(b) Elena.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Francka.

3. Who does George visit to talk to about his regrets?
(a) Zuska.
(b) Borka.
(c) A priest.
(d) A friend.

4. What happens at the steel mill that worries George?
(a) The union disbands.
(b) There is talk of a strike.
(c) His hours are cut.
(d) There is a fire.

5. What does George use all of his money for in this section?
(a) Elena's funeral.
(b) Elena's medical bills.
(c) Zuska's rent.
(d) The butcher shop.

6. Who is Frick's partner and the owner of the steel mill?
(a) Victor.
(b) Carnegie.
(c) Dobrejcak.
(d) Pinkerton.

7. Why does George need to call a priest?
(a) Elena is dying.
(b) George wants to confess his infidelity.
(c) George need information about a church member.
(d) Elena needs to talk to the priest about her marriage.

8. Who takes over Elena's household duties?
(a) Borka.
(b) George.
(c) Francka.
(d) Mary.

9. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 1, what year is it?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1900.

10. Who votes for the first time in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Mike.
(b) Dorta.
(c) Francka.
(d) Mary.

11. How many children does Zuska have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

12. How long does it take George to repay the loan for his trip to America?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

13. What kind of business is George thinking about opening?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A brokerage.
(d) A construction company.

14. Who moves to a new brick house on River Street?
(a) Mike and Zuska.
(b) Dorta and Joe.
(c) Zuska and Mullhall.
(d) George and Elena.

15. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 11, what does Joe tell George while they are on their way to work?
(a) He is buying a house in Braddock.
(b) He is the new union leader.
(c) He is leaving the steel mill.
(d) He and his family are moving to Cherry Alley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mike Dobrejcak marry?

2. Where does Dobrejcak work?

3. How many hours per day do the mill workers work?

4. What is heard in the streets after the mill closes?

5. To whom does Carnegie sell his steel plants?

(see the answer keys)

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