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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the family find out about their home?
(a) It's not new
(b) It's not insulated
(c) It's going to be demolished
(d) It's been sold to someone else too

2. Who ignores the carcasses that pass by unchecked on the conveyor belt?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Ona
(c) The government inspector
(d) The women

3. Who falls in love with the violin player?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Antanas
(c) Marija
(d) Ona

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What 'helps' Ona and Jurgis furnish their home?

3. Who is the violin player?

4. What does Jurgis become a part of in response to the action in #40?

5. Who wanted the wedding to be lavish?

(see the answer key)

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