View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jurgis already know about Ona?
(a) That she will die
(b) That she is too good for him
(c) That she has left him
(d) That she is not the woman he loves

3. Who is in jail at the start of this chapter?
(a) Marija
(b) Ona
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Jurgis

4. Why does Jurgis think the system of meatpacking is so efficient?
(a) Because it is so fast
(b) Because of the machines
(c) Because of the workers
(d) Because it uses every part of the pig

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the unborn calves of the slaughtered cows?

2. Where does Jurgis try to get a job?

3. Who does Jurgis hear screaming when he reaches the boarding house?

4. What is the name of the collective group of businesses in Chicago?

5. Who has had to give up her dream of marriage?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 210 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample