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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During what month of 1904 are people out of work?
(a) March
(b) June
(c) February
(d) January

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

5. What does Jurgis do after the speech?
(a) Beats up the man next to him
(b) Tries to find a job
(c) Walks up to the speaker
(d) Leaves

6. Whose house do the new friend and Jurgis go to?
(a) Conner's house
(b) Elzbieta's
(c) Mr. Jones' house
(d) Marija's

7. Jurgis believes the world is no place for a _______ to grow up in.
(a) Child
(b) Business
(c) Hope
(d) Person

8. What does Jurgis do to sleep in a warm place?
(a) Begs well off people for help
(b) Fights in order to get arrested
(c) Breaks into homes
(d) Stays with a friend

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

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

11. What job does Jurgis find with the help of friend he made in the union?
(a) Harvest works
(b) Salesman
(c) Boss
(d) Train conductor

12. What is Jurgis filled with once he is done drinking?
(a) Guilt
(b) Pride
(c) A sense of obligation
(d) Worry

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

14. What does the new friend give Jurgis?
(a) A plate of leftovers
(b) A blanket
(c) A bottle of milk
(d) $100

15. Besides his son, what does Jurgis enjoy in his life now?
(a) Gambling
(b) Long walks
(c) The political rallies
(d) The weekly newspaper

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the speaker talking about?

2. How did Stanislovas die?

3. Who does Jurgis ask for another job?

4. Who is Jurgis' cellmate this time?

5. In the next election, how does the socialist vote do?

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