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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) Rounding down
(b) Eliminating all of
(c) Increasing
(d) Ignoring

2. What is the name of the place where the pigs are killed?
(a) The killing floor
(b) The pickling room
(c) The killing room
(d) The assembly line

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

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

5. What does Jurgis become a part of in response to the action in #40?
(a) A protest group
(b) A gang
(c) A socialist group
(d) A union

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

7. Who is working at the sausage factory?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Ona
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Marija

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

9. Who made the person in #81 turn to prostitution?
(a) Tamoszius
(b) Conner
(c) Jurgis
(d) Jack

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

11. What does Jurgis understand for the first time as part of the union?
(a) Socialism
(b) English
(c) Democracy
(d) Group dynamics

12. What is used in the sausages at the factory?
(a) Beans
(b) Spoiled hams
(c) Potato flour
(d) Bread

13. What happened to the man who was in Jurgis' job before?
(a) He threatened the boss
(b) He was smashed
(c) He disappeared
(d) He was fired

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

15. Who is the narrator of this novel?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Marija
(c) Sinclair
(d) Ona

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds Jurgis his first job?

2. What does the house become infested with?

3. Where is the most diseased meat sent?

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

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

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