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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another word for 'consumption'?
(a) Alcoholism
(b) Beverages
(c) Influenza
(d) Tuberculosis

2. How do Ona and Jurgis pay for the furnishings they acquire?
(a) They rent them
(b) They include the cost in their mortgage
(c) They don't
(d) They put them on layaway

3. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?
(a) Help more around the house
(b) Find a girl
(c) Go to school
(d) Get a job

4. What does Jurgis think works against the American ideal of individuality?
(a) Bosses
(b) Stockyards
(c) Assembly line work
(d) Unions

5. What barrier does not stand in the way of Jurgis getting a job?
(a) The ethnic barrier
(b) His inexperience
(c) The language barrier
(d) His looks

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is also going to have to go to work, besides Ona?

2. What 'helps' Ona and Jurgis furnish their home?

3. What is the name of the place where the pigs are killed?

4. What is the reason Antanas can not find work?

5. Who is the character in charge of the wedding?

(see the answer key)

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