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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 Marija give as the reason to not leave her job?
(a) She has debts to pay off
(b) She's good at what she does
(c) It's all she knows
(d) She likes what she does

2. What does Jurgis consider as he is in the mansion?
(a) Beating up the new friend
(b) The injustices
(c) Murdering the owner
(d) Stealing something

3. Who helps Jurgis find a job?
(a) Conner
(b) Stanislovas
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Marija

4. What does Jurgis do when there is a strike at his yard?
(a) He marches
(b) He still goes to work
(c) He loses his job
(d) He organizes the protest

5. Why does the stranger want Jurgis to listen to the political meeting?
(a) The stranger is related to the speaker
(b) He says Jurgis might learn something
(c) He will get food in return
(d) He thinks it's rude if Jurgis sleeps

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jurgis hear screaming when he reaches the boarding house?

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

3. Who does Jurgis ask for another job?

4. Why is Jurgis in prison?

5. What does Jurgis do as Ona is dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the impassioned speech actually talking about in this chapter?

2. What is the senator talking about as Jurgis overhears a political meeting?

3. What does Jurgis do as soon as he gets his new job?

4. What happens when Jurgis goes back to the fertilizer mill?

5. Who is the visitor Jurgis gets in jail?

6. Overcome with grief after Ona's death, what does Jurgis do to soothe his sorrows?

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

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

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

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

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