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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is also going to have to go to work, besides Ona?
(a) Marija
(b) Stanislovas
(c) Antanas
(d) Jack

2. What are men at the slaughterhouses dying of due to the weather?
(a) Fatigue
(b) Dysentery
(c) Sunstroke
(d) Frostbite

3. What makes the family realize they will need to make more money?
(a) Ona becomes pregnant
(b) Jurgis loses his job
(c) A family member dies
(d) Their house's mortgage is also charged interest

4. Why does Jurgis sell his vote?
(a) To feed his family
(b) To upset the system
(c) To buy his house
(d) To get money to drink

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is/are the name(s) of Ona's child(ren)?

2. What freezes solid in the killing rooms because there is no heat in the slaughterhouse?

3. Where does Jurgis return to get his job back?

4. Where does the family of this novel originate from?

5. What happens to Marija's wages?

(see the answer key)

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