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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jurgis feel confident the family can buy now that people have found jobs?
(a) A house
(b) A chair
(c) A new couch
(d) A car

2. Who ignores the carcasses that pass by unchecked on the conveyor belt?
(a) The women
(b) The government inspector
(c) Jurgis
(d) Ona

3. Who gets their job back, only to lose it again for speaking up for their rights?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Ona
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Marija

4. Why does Jurgis get his job back in the first place?
(a) The man in his position died
(b) He begs
(c) The boss throws out the replacement worker
(d) The union helps him

5. What is the name of the place where the pigs are killed?
(a) The assembly line
(b) The killing room
(c) The killing floor
(d) The pickling room

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ona at her wedding?

2. What barrier does not stand in the way of Jurgis getting a job?

3. Where does Jurgis go to look for work?

4. Why does Ona want to get a job?

5. Who is the narrator of this novel?

(see the answer key)

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