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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is socialism described as in this chapter?
(a) Common sense
(b) The only way
(c) Evil
(d) A fit for anyone

2. Who does Jurgis decide he must live for?
(a) His son Antanas
(b) Himself
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Marija

3. Who is Jack Duane?
(a) A police officer
(b) A beggar
(c) A white collar criminal
(d) A boss in Chicago

4. Who is speaking at the nearby political meeting?
(a) A comrade
(b) A boss
(c) A fellow worker
(d) A senator

5. Who has gone downtown with the rest of Jurgis' family?
(a) Conner
(b) Elzbieta
(c) Marija
(d) Jack

6. What does Jurgis tell the person in #175 they can now do?
(a) Live with him
(b) Go to hell
(c) Be partners again
(d) Quit their job

7. Where does Jurgis get a job?
(a) A packing yard
(b) A hotel
(c) A bank
(d) A mine

8. How does Jurgis feel when listening to this speech?
(a) Amused
(b) Depressed
(c) Scared
(d) Speechless

9. Is Jurgis success with the action of #169?
(a) No
(b) No, but some are curious
(c) Yes, all convert
(d) Yes, but one does not convert

10. Who has complete faith in socialism at the end of the novel?
(a) Elzbieta
(b) Jurgis
(c) Conner
(d) Marija

11. What is the speaker explaining in an impassioned speech?
(a) Socialism
(b) Democracy
(c) Pacifism
(d) Elitism

12. Who does Jurgis ask for another job?
(a) Marija
(b) Conner
(c) Scully
(d) Elzbieta

13. What does Jurgis do once he is far away from the city?
(a) Screams
(b) Kills himself
(c) Finds a new wife
(d) Becomes a hobo

14. Where does the person in #164 take Jurgis?
(a) To a restaurant
(b) To another rally
(c) To headquarters
(d) To his home

15. What job does Jurgis get when he goes to the place in #127?
(a) A slaughterhouse job
(b) Boss
(c) Painting cans
(d) Working in a mine

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Jurgis have in the bank at this time?

2. What does Jurgis do as Ona is dying?

3. What does the new friend do for Jurgis?

4. Whose house do the new friend and Jurgis go to?

5. Someone whispers to Jurgis as he falls asleep during another political meeting. What word does the stranger whisper?

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