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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jurgis decide to do in order to help himself and his understanding?
(a) Learn English
(b) Leave the slaughterhouse
(c) Go to the library
(d) Join a political party

3. What barrier does not stand in the way of Jurgis getting a job?
(a) His looks
(b) The language barrier
(c) His inexperience
(d) The ethnic barrier

4. How long is their house to be rented for?
(a) 6 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 9 years

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the man who was in Jurgis' job before?

2. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?

3. How old is Ona at her wedding?

4. Who gets a horrible case of frostbite?

5. Who is the narrator of this novel?

(see the answer key)

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