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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the boy Stanislovas with the broken off ears?
(a) Genetic defect
(b) Disease
(c) Frostbite
(d) Work injury

4. Where does Jurgis have to go after his first day back at work?
(a) The doctor
(b) The midwife
(c) The store
(d) The bank

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another fee the family learns they need to pay on their home?

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

3. How old is Ona at her wedding?

4. Where is the most diseased meat sent?

5. Who died in his sleep, working up until that point without trouble?

(see the answer key)

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