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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The bosses at the slaughterhouses cheat the men by ________ their hours of work.
(a) Increasing
(b) Eliminating all of
(c) Ignoring
(d) Rounding down

2. Who deserts the family and is never heard from again?
(a) Stanislovas
(b) Jonas
(c) Ona
(d) Elzbieta

3. What happens to the unborn calves of the slaughtered cows?
(a) They are raised into adulthood
(b) They are taken away
(c) They are sold
(d) They are killed too

4. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Marija
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Ona

5. Who does Ona want to marry?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Stanislovas
(c) Antanas
(d) Jack

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

7. Who died in his sleep, working up until that point without trouble?
(a) Antanas
(b) Jurgis
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Jonas

8. Who begins to develop a cough like the one that killed Jurgis' father?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Marija
(c) Antanas
(d) Ona

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

10. What does the answer to #86 realize while they are in jail?
(a) They are alone
(b) They can't remember what they've done
(c) The jail is better than their house
(d) They will lose their job

11. What does Jurgis realize he can never fix?
(a) Conner's attitude
(b) His life
(c) Ona's sense of well being
(d) The world's injustices

12. What does Ona give birth to?
(a) Triplets
(b) Twins
(c) A baby boy
(d) A baby girl

13. What makes the family realize they will need to make more money?
(a) Their house's mortgage is also charged interest
(b) Jurgis loses his job
(c) Ona becomes pregnant
(d) A family member dies

14. Who is the character in charge of the wedding?
(a) Ona
(b) Marija
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Stanislovas

15. Why weren't meats smoked?
(a) It never tasted right
(b) They didn't have the tools
(c) It was too expensive
(d) It was too time consuming

Short Answer Questions

1. What is/are the name(s) of Ona's child(ren)?

2. Why does Jurgis get his job back in the first place?

3. What does the person in #83 threaten to do if the character does not agree to prostitute herself?

4. Who tries to convince Jurgis Ona is fine?

5. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?

(see the answer keys)

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