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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is also going to have to go to work, besides Ona?

4. Who finds Jurgis his first job?

5. Who is the narrator of this novel?

(see the answer key)

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