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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What causes Ona and Jurgis to be upset after the wedding?
(a) They had second thoughts
(b) The debt they accrued
(c) They had to go to work
(d) They were't going on a honeymoon

4. What kinds of cows are killed, which upsets Jurgis as he works?
(a) Defective cows
(b) Sleeping cows
(c) Pregnant cows
(d) Still alive cows

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What freezes solid in the killing rooms because there is no heat in the slaughterhouse?

2. Who wanted the wedding to be lavish?

3. What does the house become infested with?

4. What is another word for 'consumption'?

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

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