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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 does Jurgis feel confident the family can buy now that people have found jobs?
(a) A new couch
(b) A car
(c) A house
(d) A chair

2. Why does Ona want to get a job?
(a) So she can pay off their house
(b) So she can buy things
(c) So they can get married
(d) So she can have more children

3. Why weren't meats smoked?
(a) It was too expensive
(b) It was too time consuming
(c) It never tasted right
(d) They didn't have the tools

4. What is Marija's new job?
(a) Sewing buttons
(b) Secretary
(c) Painting cans
(d) Beef trimmer

5. Where does Jurgis have to go after his first day back at work?
(a) The midwife
(b) The store
(c) The doctor
(d) The bank

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jurgis decide to do in order to help himself and his understanding?

2. Who begins to develop a cough like the one that killed Jurgis' father?

3. The bosses at the slaughterhouses cheat the men by ________ their hours of work.

4. Who is advertising hot meals that ends up causing Jurgis to eventually drink?

5. What barrier does not stand in the way of Jurgis getting a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to those who had a sore on their hand and they then got pickling brine on it?

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

3. Why does Jurgis decline to be in the union at first?

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

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

6. Who is Jurgis overcome with worry over?

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

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

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

10. Why is Stanislovas afraid to go out into the snow?

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