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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the character in charge of the wedding?
(a) Ona
(b) Elzbieta
(c) Marija
(d) Stanislovas

2. What 'helps' Ona and Jurgis furnish their home?
(a) The mortgage company
(b) Advertisements
(c) The welfare department
(d) Interior designers

3. How long is their house to be rented for?
(a) 6 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 9 years

4. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?
(a) Get a job
(b) Go to school
(c) Help more around the house
(d) Find a girl

5. What is the other name for a wedding reception, and is traditional for the characters in this story?
(a) Vassail
(b) Veselija
(c) Wanneid
(d) Rehaja

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader of the band at the wedding reception?

2. Who finds Jurgis his first job?

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

4. What kinds of cows are killed, which upsets Jurgis as he works?

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

(see the answer key)

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