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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 is socialism described as in this chapter?
(a) Common sense
(b) The only way
(c) A fit for anyone
(d) Evil

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

3. Who is speaking at the nearby political meeting?
(a) A comrade
(b) A senator
(c) A boss
(d) A fellow worker

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

5. What does Jurgis find out when he walks home from prison?
(a) Ona is dead
(b) The family has been evicted
(c) He has another son
(d) The family has gone back to their home country

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the new friend do for Jurgis?

2. What is Jurgis' sentence?

3. How did Stanislovas die?

4. What happens to cause Jurgis to lose his job?

5. What does Jurgis do once he is far away from the city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Jurgis next get a job at, that turns out to be a good position?

4. Where does the drunk young man take Jurgis?

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

6. What does Ostrinski tell Jurgis should happen in Chicago?

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

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

9. Why doesn't Ona come to the courtroom during Jurgis' sentencing?

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

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