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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the unborn calves of the slaughtered cows?
(a) They are killed too
(b) They are raised into adulthood
(c) They are sold
(d) They are taken away

3. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?
(a) Ona
(b) Jurgis
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Marija

4. What does Jurgis think works against the American ideal of individuality?
(a) Assembly line work
(b) Unions
(c) Bosses
(d) Stockyards

5. Who is also going to have to go to work, besides Ona?
(a) Jack
(b) Marija
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Antanas

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of this novel?

2. Who is the violin player?

3. What is another fee the family learns they need to pay on their home?

4. What are men at the slaughterhouses dying of due to the weather?

5. Where does Jurgis go to look for work?

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