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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jurgis think the system of meatpacking is so efficient?
(a) Because of the workers
(b) Because it is so fast
(c) Because it uses every part of the pig
(d) Because of the machines

2. What does the family find out about their home?
(a) It's not new
(b) It's going to be demolished
(c) It's been sold to someone else too
(d) It's not insulated

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

4. Whose factory is suddenly shut down, leaving this character without work?
(a) Stanislovas
(b) Jurgis
(c) Marija
(d) Ona

5. What does Jurgis feel confident the family can buy now that people have found jobs?
(a) A new couch
(b) A car
(c) A chair
(d) A house

6. What is another word for 'consumption'?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Influenza
(c) Beverages
(d) Alcoholism

7. What happens to Marija's wages?
(a) They are doubled
(b) They are garnished
(c) They are cut in half
(d) They include bonuses

8. Who has been pressured into prostituting herself?
(a) Their neighbor
(b) Marija
(c) Ona
(d) Elzbieta

9. What is the reason Antanas can not find work?
(a) He is considered to be too old
(b) He can't speak English
(c) He isn't a strong man
(d) He complains too often

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

11. What does the house become infested with?
(a) Worms
(b) Bugs
(c) Rats
(d) Termites

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

13. What freezes solid in the killing rooms because there is no heat in the slaughterhouse?
(a) Oil
(b) Cattle
(c) Brine
(d) Blood

14. Why does Ona want to get a job?
(a) So she can buy things
(b) So she can pay off their house
(c) So she can have more children
(d) So they can get married

15. Who is advertising hot meals that ends up causing Jurgis to eventually drink?
(a) Jack Duane
(b) Saloons
(c) Conner
(d) The slaughterhouse

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is also going to have to go to work, besides Ona?

2. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?

3. What 'helps' Ona and Jurgis furnish their home?

4. What is the child's death presumably caused be?

5. What is Marija's new job?

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