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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jurgis have to do to get money?
(a) Beg
(b) Sell his things
(c) Work longer hours
(d) Ask his boss for a raise

2. Who is a lousy beggar?
(a) Stanislovas
(b) Mark
(c) Jurgis
(d) Jack

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

4. How much does Jurgis give Stanislovas to help the family?
(a) A dollar
(b) A quarter
(c) A nickel
(d) 10 cents

5. Someone whispers to Jurgis as he falls asleep during another political meeting. What word does the stranger whisper?
(a) Hobo
(b) Comrade
(c) American
(d) Friend

6. What does Ona do before she dies?
(a) Opens her eyes and looks at Jurgis
(b) Tells Jurgis she loves him
(c) Screams about the injustice of it all
(d) Confesses an affair

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

8. In the next election, how does the socialist vote do?
(a) It doesn't make the ballot
(b) It doesn't improve or regress
(c) It does worse
(d) It does better

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

10. Where does Jurgis try to get a job?
(a) The mines
(b) The factory
(c) The fertilizer mill
(d) Brown's

11. What does Jurgis do when there is a strike at his yard?
(a) He marches
(b) He loses his job
(c) He still goes to work
(d) He organizes the protest

12. Why was Jurgis released late from prison?
(a) His sentence was extended because of new evidence
(b) He had to work off court costs
(c) It was a holiday
(d) He got into trouble

13. Who does Jurgis find to help with Ona's pregnancy?
(a) A woman with many children
(b) No one
(c) A midwife
(d) A doctor

14. Who has cut their hand and can not work?
(a) Stanislovas
(b) Elzbieta
(c) Marija
(d) Ona

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jurgis hear screaming when he reaches the boarding house?

2. Besides his son, what does Jurgis enjoy in his life now?

3. What does Jurgis do once he is far away from the city?

4. What do Jack and Jurgis do together once they're out of jail?

5. How much further does Jurgis have to walk to get to the boarding house?

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