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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the man who was in Jurgis' job before?
(a) He was smashed
(b) He disappeared
(c) He was fired
(d) He threatened the boss

4. What does Jurgis do to escape the horrors of his life?
(a) Drink
(b) Go to the whorehouse
(c) Lives by himself
(d) Gamble

5. Who is advertising hot meals that ends up causing Jurgis to eventually drink?
(a) Saloons
(b) The slaughterhouse
(c) Jack Duane
(d) Conner

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

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

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

9. What freezes solid in the killing rooms because there is no heat in the slaughterhouse?
(a) Blood
(b) Brine
(c) Oil
(d) Cattle

10. What is another fee the family learns they need to pay on their home?
(a) Insurance
(b) Buyer's penalty
(c) Taxes
(d) A warranty

11. What happens to the unborn calves of the slaughtered cows?
(a) They are taken away
(b) They are killed too
(c) They are sold
(d) They are raised into adulthood

12. Who has a child that dies immediately at the start of this chapter?
(a) Ona
(b) Elzbieta
(c) Jurgis
(d) Marija

13. Whose factory is suddenly shut down, leaving this character without work?
(a) Stanislovas
(b) Ona
(c) Marija
(d) Jurgis

14. Where does the family of this novel originate from?
(a) Lithuania
(b) Armenia
(c) Russia
(d) The United States

15. Who falls in love with the violin player?
(a) Antanas
(b) Jurgis
(c) Marija
(d) Ona

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday does Jurgis call 'their' holiday?

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

3. What does the house become infested with?

4. What is the other name for a wedding reception, and is traditional for the characters in this story?

5. How long is their house to be rented for?

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