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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 do in response to Antanas' death?
(a) Beats up the boarding house owner
(b) Buries him
(c) Walks to the country
(d) Calls the doctor

2. Why do people not want Jurgis to go upstairs?
(a) Antanas has died
(b) The room has fallen apart
(c) Conner is looking for him
(d) There is a large mess

3. What is Jurgis filled with once he is done drinking?
(a) Guilt
(b) A sense of obligation
(c) Worry
(d) Pride

4. Who is Jack Duane?
(a) A beggar
(b) A boss in Chicago
(c) A police officer
(d) A white collar criminal

5. Who is Jurgis directed to talk to?
(a) Tamola
(b) Ostrinski
(c) Orlea
(d) Ontrovena

Short Answer Questions

1. Who throws Jurgis out of the home?

2. During what month of 1904 are people out of work?

3. What does Jurgis eventually do that helps him earn good money?

4. How did Stanislovas die?

5. Who is speaking at the nearby political meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Jurgis happens upon another political meeting. What is the topic this time?

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

4. What is the first crime Jack Duane and Jurgis commit?

5. How far away is Jurgis' new job?

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

7. What is the stroke of luck that Jurgis happens upon?

8. What does Jurgis learn about Marija's whereabouts?

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

10. Who is the visitor Jurgis gets in jail?

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