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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Jurgis go to look for work?
(a) The stockyards
(b) The train station
(c) The farms
(d) The factories

3. What is the reason Antanas can not find work?
(a) He can't speak English
(b) He complains too often
(c) He isn't a strong man
(d) He is considered to be too old

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

5. What barrier does not stand in the way of Jurgis getting a job?
(a) His inexperience
(b) His looks
(c) The ethnic barrier
(d) The language barrier

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds Jurgis his first job?

2. How long is their house to be rented for?

3. Who ignores the carcasses that pass by unchecked on the conveyor belt?

4. What is the name of the place where the pigs are killed?

5. Why does Jurgis think the system of meatpacking is so efficient?

(see the answer key)

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