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

2. What barrier does not stand in the way of Jurgis getting a job?
(a) The ethnic barrier
(b) The language barrier
(c) His inexperience
(d) His looks

3. What does Ona suddenly suffer from?
(a) Paralysis
(b) Night terrors
(c) Panic attacks
(d) Blindness

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person in #83 threaten to do if the character does not agree to prostitute herself?

2. What does Jurgis do to the answer to #82?

3. Where is the most diseased meat sent?

4. Where does the family of this novel originate from?

5. Who is pregnant, as we find out in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the sausages the family eats not helping their nutrition?

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

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

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

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

7. Who is the narrator of the novel?

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

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

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

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