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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 causes Jurgis and the rest of the family to become violently ill?
(a) The brine in the pickling room
(b) The pollution
(c) The food they got from a friend
(d) The fumes of the fertilizer

2. What does Ona give birth to?
(a) A baby boy
(b) Twins
(c) Triplets
(d) A baby girl

3. What is the child's death presumably caused be?
(a) Sausage
(b) Malnourishment
(c) Cold
(d) An injury

4. Where does Jurgis wait instead of going in to meet his boss?
(a) Outside with the unemployed workers
(b) At home
(c) At the bus stop
(d) At the main office

5. Who begins to develop a cough like the one that killed Jurgis' father?
(a) Antanas
(b) Marija
(c) Ona
(d) Jurgis

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jurgis already know about Ona?

2. Who has had to give up her dream of marriage?

3. What does the house become infested with?

4. Why does Jurgis sell his vote?

5. What is the other name for a wedding reception, and is traditional for the characters in this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the family learn they must also pay on their home?

2. What causes Marija to lose her job again?

3. What does Jurgis begin to do in order to deal with the horrors of his situation?

4. What is one of the ways the slaughterhouse bosses cheat the men out of money?

5. Who is Jurgis overcome with worry over?

6. What does Jurgis think about his act of beating up Conner?

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

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

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

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

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