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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Ona want to marry?
(a) Jack
(b) Jurgis
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Antanas
2. What does Jurgis decide to do in order to help himself and his understanding?
(a) Leave the slaughterhouse
(b) Go to the library
(c) Join a political party
(d) Learn English
3. How long has the family been in Packingtown at this point?
(a) 1 year
(b) A decade
(c) 5 years
(d) 2 and a half years
4. Who has a child that dies immediately at the start of this chapter?
(a) Marija
(b) Ona
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Jurgis
5. Who ignores the carcasses that pass by unchecked on the conveyor belt?
(a) Jurgis
(b) The government inspector
(c) Ona
(d) The women
6. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Ona
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Marija
7. Why does Jurgis get his job back in the first place?
(a) The man in his position died
(b) The boss throws out the replacement worker
(c) The union helps him
(d) He begs
8. Who is pregnant, as we find out in this chapter?
(a) Elzbieta
(b) Marija
(c) Ona
(d) Anrata
9. Where does Jurgis get his next job?
(a) A fertilizer plant
(b) The canning factory
(c) Another slaughterhouse
(d) A farm
10. What is the child's death presumably caused be?
(a) Sausage
(b) Cold
(c) Malnourishment
(d) An injury
11. What are men at the slaughterhouses dying of due to the weather?
(a) Dysentery
(b) Sunstroke
(c) Frostbite
(d) Fatigue
12. Who tries to convince Jurgis Ona is fine?
(a) Marija
(b) Stanislovas
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Ona
13. What does Jurgis already know about Ona?
(a) That she has left him
(b) That she is too good for him
(c) That she is not the woman he loves
(d) That she will die
14. Who is the narrator of this novel?
(a) Marija
(b) Jurgis
(c) Sinclair
(d) Ona
15. What holiday does Jurgis call 'their' holiday?
(a) Easter
(b) Assumption
(c) Pentecost
(d) Christmas
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens when a steer gets loose at Jurgis' work?
2. Who deserts the family and is never heard from again?
3. What is doctored with Borax to give it a certain flavor?
4. Who is the violin player?
5. Who finds Jurgis his first job?
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