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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 happens to the unborn calves of the slaughtered cows?
(a) They are sold
(b) They are raised into adulthood
(c) They are killed too
(d) They are taken away

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

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

4. What does the family find out about their home?
(a) It's going to be demolished
(b) It's not new
(c) It's been sold to someone else too
(d) It's not insulated

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the family realize they will need to make more money?

2. What does Ona give birth to?

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

4. What happens to Marija's wages?

5. Where is the most diseased meat sent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes Marija to lose her job again?

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

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

5. Why does Jurgis beat up Conner?

6. What does Elzbieta's factory do?

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

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

9. Who is the narrator of the novel?

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

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