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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. What is another fee the family learns they need to pay on their home?
(a) Buyer's penalty
(b) Insurance
(c) A warranty
(d) Taxes

2. What is used in the sausages at the factory?
(a) Beans
(b) Bread
(c) Potato flour
(d) Spoiled hams

3. What does Jurgis already know about Ona?
(a) That she is too good for him
(b) That she has left him
(c) That she is not the woman he loves
(d) That she will die

4. Who is the violin player?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Conner
(c) Tamoszius
(d) Jack

5. Who is working at the sausage factory?
(a) Ona
(b) Elzbieta
(c) Jurgis
(d) Marija

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marija's new job?

2. What does Jurgis think works against the American ideal of individuality?

3. What is the reason Antanas can not find work?

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

5. What does the house become infested with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at Marija's job at the beef trimming factory?

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

3. Which character could be described as young, strong, and full of optimism?

4. What causes Marija to lose her job again?

5. Why does Jurgis get his job back at Brown's?

6. What does Ona suggest she do in order to marry Jurgis more quickly?

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

8. Why is it not a big problem for Jurgis to find work, even though he can't speak English?

9. How do Ona and Jurgis furnish their 'new' home?

10. What does Jurgis decide to sign in order to give him more power in his new country?

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