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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jurgis think works against the American ideal of individuality?
(a) Unions
(b) Assembly line work
(c) Stockyards
(d) Bosses

2. Where is the most diseased meat sent?
(a) To the workers
(b) To the pickle rooms
(c) To the dump
(d) To the sausage factory

3. What are men at the slaughterhouses dying of due to the weather?
(a) Sunstroke
(b) Frostbite
(c) Fatigue
(d) Dysentery

4. Where does the family of this novel originate from?
(a) Armenia
(b) Lithuania
(c) The United States
(d) Russia

5. Why does Jurgis get his job back in the first place?
(a) The union helps him
(b) The boss throws out the replacement worker
(c) The man in his position died
(d) He begs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Jurgis go to look for work?

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

4. Who does Ona want to marry?

5. How do Ona and Jurgis pay for the furnishings they acquire?

(see the answer key)

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