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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. Who has complete faith in socialism at the end of the novel?
(a) Elzbieta
(b) Jurgis
(c) Marija
(d) Conner

2. What happens to cause Jurgis to lose his job?
(a) He isn't good enough at his job
(b) He gets injured
(c) He gets in a fight
(d) He is found to be blacklisted

3. What does Ona do before she dies?
(a) Confesses an affair
(b) Tells Jurgis she loves him
(c) Screams about the injustice of it all
(d) Opens her eyes and looks at Jurgis

4. What does Jurgis do to sleep in a warm place?
(a) Stays with a friend
(b) Begs well off people for help
(c) Fights in order to get arrested
(d) Breaks into homes

5. What does Jurgis find out Marija is doing?
(a) Dying
(b) Leaving the United States
(c) Getting married
(d) Prostituting herself

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jurgis go to once he gets his new job?

2. Why is Jurgis turned down for the job in #111?

3. Who is Jack Duane?

4. What is the man at the political meeting speaking of?

5. What does Jurgis have to do to get money?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jurgis gets out of the hospital, what does he do?

2. Who is the visitor Jurgis gets in jail?

3. What happens to Jurgis' $100?

4. Why was Jurgis released from prison later than he thought would be?

5. After the speech is over, what does Jurgis do?

6. When Jurgis goes back to Chicago for the summer, where does he find employment?

7. How does Jurgis response to the news of Antanas' death?

8. After the family is evicted, where do they go to live?

9. Is Jurgis successful in getting the rest of the family converted to socialism?

10. Where does the drunk young man take Jurgis?

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