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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another fee the family learns they need to pay on their home?
(a) Buyer's penalty
(b) Taxes
(c) A warranty
(d) Insurance

2. What does Jurgis feel confident the family can buy now that people have found jobs?
(a) A car
(b) A new couch
(c) A chair
(d) A house

3. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Stanislovas
(c) Ona
(d) Marija

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

5. What is the name of the collective group of businesses in Chicago?
(a) The Beef Headquarters
(b) The Beef Trust
(c) Cow Palace
(d) Packing Central

Short Answer Questions

1. What barrier does not stand in the way of Jurgis getting a job?

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

3. Where does the family of this novel originate from?

4. Whose factory is suddenly shut down, leaving this character without work?

5. What does Jurgis decide to do in order to help himself and his understanding?

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