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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is their house to be rented for?
(a) 3 years
(b) 9 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 6 years

2. What holiday does Jurgis call 'their' holiday?
(a) Assumption
(b) Pentecost
(c) Easter
(d) Christmas

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the collective group of businesses in Chicago?
(a) The Beef Trust
(b) Cow Palace
(c) The Beef Headquarters
(d) Packing Central

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

8. How do Ona and Jurgis pay for the furnishings they acquire?
(a) They put them on layaway
(b) They don't
(c) They rent them
(d) They include the cost in their mortgage

9. What happened to the boy Stanislovas with the broken off ears?
(a) Frostbite
(b) Genetic defect
(c) Work injury
(d) Disease

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

11. What happens when a steer gets loose at Jurgis' work?
(a) A man is killed
(b) The factory is shut down
(c) Jurgis twists his ankle
(d) Stanislovas is killed

12. Everything was used of the pig except the _________.
(a) Tail
(b) Squeal
(c) Blood
(d) Diseased parts

13. What kind of job do the kids get?
(a) Working in the slaughter house
(b) Makign clothes
(c) Selling papers
(d) Cleaning the blood off the floors

14. What causes Ona and Jurgis to be upset after the wedding?
(a) They had second thoughts
(b) They were't going on a honeymoon
(c) The debt they accrued
(d) They had to go to work

15. Where does Jurgis get his next job?
(a) A fertilizer plant
(b) Another slaughterhouse
(c) The canning factory
(d) A farm

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason Antanas can not find work?

2. What makes the family realize they will need to make more money?

3. What does Ona suddenly suffer from?

4. Who is the leader of the band at the wedding reception?

5. Why does Jurgis sell his vote?

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