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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ona want to get a job?
(a) So she can pay off their house
(b) So they can get married
(c) So she can buy things
(d) So she can have more children

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

3. The bosses at the slaughterhouses cheat the men by ________ their hours of work.
(a) Ignoring
(b) Rounding down
(c) Increasing
(d) Eliminating all of

4. Why does Jurgis think the system of meatpacking is so efficient?
(a) Because of the machines
(b) Because of the workers
(c) Because it is so fast
(d) Because it uses every part of the pig

5. Who finds Jurgis his first job?
(a) Jack
(b) Conner
(c) The delicatessen owner
(d) Antanas

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is/are the name(s) of Ona's child(ren)?

3. Who has had to give up her dream of marriage?

4. What is another word for 'consumption'?

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

(see the answer key)

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