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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jurgis eventually do that helps him earn good money?
(a) Begs
(b) Cons other men
(c) Helps with the harvest
(d) Starts a union of his own

2. Where does Jurgis go to look for work?
(a) The train station
(b) The farms
(c) The stockyards
(d) The factories

3. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?
(a) Help more around the house
(b) Go to school
(c) Get a job
(d) Find a girl

4. Who throws Jurgis out of the home?
(a) The butler
(b) A police officer
(c) The owner
(d) The friend

5. During what month of 1904 are people out of work?
(a) February
(b) June
(c) January
(d) March

Short Answer Questions

1. How much further does Jurgis have to walk to get to the boarding house?

2. Where does Jurgis return to get his job back?

3. The bosses at the slaughterhouses cheat the men by ________ their hours of work.

4. What does Jurgis do with the money the children bring home?

5. What causes Jurgis and the rest of the family to become violently ill?

(see the answer key)

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