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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What 'helps' Ona and Jurgis furnish their home?
(a) The mortgage company
(b) The welfare department
(c) Interior designers
(d) Advertisements

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

3. What is Marija's job?
(a) Painting cans
(b) Making sausages
(c) Killing pigs
(d) Sewing clothes

4. Who tries to convince Jurgis Ona is fine?
(a) Stanislovas
(b) Marija
(c) Ona
(d) Elzbieta

5. What happens when a steer gets loose at Jurgis' work?
(a) Jurgis twists his ankle
(b) The factory is shut down
(c) Stanislovas is killed
(d) A man is killed

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the man who was in Jurgis' job before?

2. What happens to the unborn calves of the slaughtered cows?

3. What is the name of the collective group of businesses in Chicago?

4. Who falls in love with the violin player?

5. What does Jurgis think works against the American ideal of individuality?

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