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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long is their house to be rented for?
(a) 3 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 9 years
(d) 6 years

3. 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

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

5. What kind of job do the kids get?
(a) Cleaning the blood off the floors
(b) Makign clothes
(c) Working in the slaughter house
(d) Selling papers

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds Jurgis his first job?

2. What is/are the name(s) of Ona's child(ren)?

3. What causes Jurgis and the rest of the family to become violently ill?

4. Who wanted the wedding to be lavish?

5. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Marija fall in love with?

2. After Jonas deserts the family, what does the family have to do in order to bring in more money?

3. What causes Marija to lose her job again?

4. Why are the sausages the family eats not helping their nutrition?

5. What holiday occurs during the time that Jurgis is in jail?

6. What begins to happen to Ona in this chapter?

7. Who is Jurgis overcome with worry over?

8. Who wanted Ona and Jurgis to have a lavish wedding, even though they would have been fine with something simpler?

9. What is the suspected cause of Elzbieta's child's death?

10. Why can't Jurgis' father find work?

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