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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is advertising hot meals that ends up causing Jurgis to eventually drink?
(a) Jack Duane
(b) Conner
(c) The slaughterhouse
(d) Saloons

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

3. How old is Ona at her wedding?
(a) 16
(b) 25
(c) 21
(d) 30

4. What is doctored with Borax to give it a certain flavor?
(a) Holiday hams
(b) 'Smoked' Sausages
(c) Hamburgers
(d) Porkchops

5. Who is the leader of the Democratic party?
(a) Thompson
(b) Conner
(c) Mike Scully
(d) Jurgis

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jurgis understand for the first time as part of the union?

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

4. Where is the most diseased meat sent?

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

(see the answer key)

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