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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is George's first main job in America?
(a) Maintaining factory equipment.
(b) Working in a steel mill.
(c) Maintaining the railroad.
(d) Building locomotives.

2. Why does George have to walk from New York to Pennsylvania?
(a) He loses the money by gambling.
(b) He gives most of his money to a fellow immigrant.
(c) He spends most of his money on a party.
(d) He is robbed.

3. In what year does George Kracha come to America?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1905.

4. Who is George Kracha?
(a) A third generation immigrant who comes to America.
(b) A first generation immigrant who comes to America.
(c) The first American immigrant to defect.
(d) A second generation immigrant who narrates the story.

5. Who does George leave behind in his homeland?
(a) Wife, child, mother.
(b) Wife, sister, brother.
(c) Wife, two children.
(d) Wife, sister, mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country does George Kracha immigrate?

2. Who buys a house in Munhall Hollow?

3. What does Andrej place in his foreman's pocket at the saloon?

4. According to the author, what is the birthright of a Slovak peasant?

5. What produces pollution in Homestead?

(see the answer key)

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