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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jurgis become a part of in response to the action in #40?
(a) A gang
(b) A socialist group
(c) A protest group
(d) A union

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

3. How do Ona and Jurgis pay for the furnishings they acquire?
(a) They rent them
(b) They put them on layaway
(c) They include the cost in their mortgage
(d) They don't

4. What happened to the man who was in Jurgis' job before?
(a) He was smashed
(b) He disappeared
(c) He was fired
(d) He threatened the boss

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ona want to get a job?

2. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?

3. What makes the family realize they will need to make more money?

4. What does the family find out about their home?

5. Who is the violin player?

(see the answer key)

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