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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. Where does Dobrejcak work?
(a) The butcher shop.
(b) The mercantile.
(c) The bank.
(d) The mill.
2. How many shifts are there for workers at the steel mills?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.
3. Why does Mrs. Mihula live in Braddock?
(a) Her sister lives there.
(b) Her husband has a good job there.
(c) She has free rent in a mill house.
(d) She works at the mill.
4. Who is George Kracha?
(a) A second generation immigrant who narrates the story.
(b) The first American immigrant to defect.
(c) A third generation immigrant who comes to America.
(d) A first generation immigrant who comes to America.
5. On what day of the week does the United States declare war against Spain?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year does George buy his new business?
2. Who meets George and Elena at the train in Homestead?
3. Who does Francka make a comment about after the funeral?
4. To whom does Carnegie sell his steel plants?
5. Who does George visit to talk to about his regrets?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does George know about the plight of some immigrants when they arrive in America? Who is already in America to help George avoid similar problems?
2. Who does George meet while boarding the ship to America? Explain the irony between George's meeting and the warning that Andrej gives him about immigrants being robbed once they arrive in America.
3. What business is George considering buying? What are his plans for the shop? Is his business plan logical? What could be a possible obstacle to George being successful?
4. How is Elena's funeral contradictory to her lifestyle? Explain why George might have chosen an elaborate funeral for Elena.
5. At first, how successful is George in the butcher shop? What positive changes in George and Elena's lifestyle have come about as a result of his business?
6. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 6, why does Francka meet George and Elena at the train station in Homestead? Where does she take George and Elena? What reason does George's sister Francka give for needing only one room in Homestead?
7. How does George explain having no money on his arrival to his sister Francka and her husband?
8. Why does Dorta rent a house the very next day after the conversation with George, Andrej, and her husband? What does this say about Dorta's business skills?
9. Who does George tell about Zuska? What is one explanation for his sharing with another person information about Zuska?
10. What major corporation is formed when Carnegie sells his steel plants to J.P. Morgan? Is this corporation "union friendly"?
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