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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another name for Chicago?
(a) Packingtown
(b) Slaughter City
(c) Depression Central
(d) Dirty Town

2. What causes Jurgis and the rest of the family to become violently ill?
(a) The brine in the pickling room
(b) The fumes of the fertilizer
(c) The food they got from a friend
(d) The pollution

3. Where does Jurgis wait instead of going in to meet his boss?
(a) At the bus stop
(b) At home
(c) At the main office
(d) Outside with the unemployed workers

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the most diseased meat sent?

2. Who ignores the carcasses that pass by unchecked on the conveyor belt?

3. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?

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

5. What causes Ona and Jurgis to be upset after the wedding?

(see the answer key)

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