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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 Jurgis become a part of in response to the action in #40?
(a) A gang
(b) A union
(c) A protest group
(d) A socialist group

2. Who is the narrator of this novel?
(a) Ona
(b) Sinclair
(c) Marija
(d) Jurgis

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

4. What is the name of the place where the pigs are killed?
(a) The assembly line
(b) The killing room
(c) The killing floor
(d) The pickling room

5. The bosses at the slaughterhouses cheat the men by ________ their hours of work.
(a) Eliminating all of
(b) Rounding down
(c) Ignoring
(d) Increasing

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Marija's job?

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

(see the answer key)

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