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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) Walks to the country
(b) Buries him
(c) Calls the doctor
(d) Beats up the boarding house owner

2. What does Jurgis try to convert the family to?
(a) Democratic thinking
(b) Capitalism
(c) Socialism
(d) Republican thinking

3. What do Jack and Jurgis do together once they're out of jail?
(a) Rob a man in an alley
(b) Join the democratic party
(c) Head out of town
(d) Get a place together

4. Where does Jurgis eventually get a job, only to lose it once he finds out who Jurgis is?
(a) A packing yard
(b) A bank
(c) A grocery store
(d) The fertilizer mill

5. Someone whispers to Jurgis as he falls asleep during another political meeting. What word does the stranger whisper?
(a) Friend
(b) Hobo
(c) Comrade
(d) American

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jurgis do to sleep in a warm place?

2. What is Jurgis' sentence?

3. Who is Jurgis' cellmate this time?

4. Who is a lousy beggar?

5. How much money does Jurgis have in the bank at this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Jurgis finally find the job that makes him happy, though he does not hold onto it for long?

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

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

4. Who is the visitor Jurgis gets in jail?

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

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

7. What happens to Jurgis' $100?

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

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

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

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