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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Part 1, Chapter 1, what usually happens to immigrants when they arrive in America?
(a) They are ridiculed.
(b) They are welcomed.
(c) They are robbed, beaten, and killed.
(d) They are met with suspicion.

2. According to George, who owns everything in the United States?
(a) The natural born Americans.
(b) Millionaires and trusts.
(c) The politicians.
(d) Bankers and politicians.

3. Who is Djuro?
(a) George's boss.
(b) George's firstborn son.
(c) George's brother-in-law.
(d) George's friend.

4. Who surrenders after the trouble at the steel mills?
(a) Union workers.
(b) Pinkerton guards.
(c) Frick.
(d) Carnegie.

5. According to the author, what is the birthright of a Slovak peasant?
(a) A job and house.
(b) Endless poverty and oppression.
(c) A paycheck and family.
(d) Freedom to worship.

6. Who is Andy?
(a) George's son.
(b) Francka's son.
(c) Borka's son.
(d) George's brother.

7. Who is Mike's younger brother?
(a) Joe.
(b) John.
(c) Victor.
(d) Paul.

8. What is George's wife's name?
(a) Elena.
(b) Francka.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Zuska.

9. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 1, what year is it?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1900.

10. Why does George need to call a priest?
(a) Elena needs to talk to the priest about her marriage.
(b) George wants to confess his infidelity.
(c) George need information about a church member.
(d) Elena is dying.

11. How many days does it take George to reach America?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Ten.

12. Who is the author of Out of This Furnace?
(a) John Grisham.
(b) Thomas Bell.
(c) Avery Siddons.
(d) William Keats.

13. Who is Frick's partner and the owner of the steel mill?
(a) Victor.
(b) Dobrejcak.
(c) Carnegie.
(d) Pinkerton.

14. Who works in H furnace?
(a) Andrej.
(b) Joe.
(c) George.
(d) Franck.

15. Who has "the decency to stay away" from the funeral?
(a) Dorta.
(b) George.
(c) Francka.
(d) Zuska.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does George secure a mill job after the union is broken?

2. According to Zuska's sister, who will Zuska probably marry?

3. What happens at the steel mill that worries George?

4. Who visits George right after he is released from jail?

5. What is heard in the streets after the mill closes?

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