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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) A warranty
(b) Insurance
(c) Buyer's penalty
(d) Taxes

2. Who gets a horrible case of frostbite?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Antanas
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Jonas

3. What is doctored with Borax to give it a certain flavor?
(a) Porkchops
(b) Holiday hams
(c) Hamburgers
(d) 'Smoked' Sausages

4. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?
(a) Ona
(b) Marija
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Jurgis

5. Who ignores the carcasses that pass by unchecked on the conveyor belt?
(a) Jurgis
(b) The women
(c) The government inspector
(d) Ona

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the violin player?

2. What does Ona give birth to?

3. Who deserts the family and is never heard from again?

4. Why does Ona want to get a job?

5. What does Jurgis already know about Ona?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Marija to lose her job again?

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

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

4. Why can't any people pay off the 'new' houses they have bought?

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

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

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

8. Who is the narrator of the novel?

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

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

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