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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 put them on layaway
(d) They don't

2. Who deserts the family and is never heard from again?
(a) Elzbieta
(b) Jonas
(c) Ona
(d) Stanislovas

3. Who has had to give up her dream of marriage?
(a) Marija
(b) Elzbieta
(c) Ona
(d) Junita

4. What does Jurgis decide to do in order to help himself and his understanding?
(a) Leave the slaughterhouse
(b) Join a political party
(c) Go to the library
(d) Learn English

5. What happened to the boy Stanislovas with the broken off ears?
(a) Disease
(b) Work injury
(c) Frostbite
(d) Genetic defect

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the house become infested with?

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

4. Who is working at the sausage factory?

5. Who is the narrator of this novel?

(see the answer key)

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