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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other name for a wedding reception, and is traditional for the characters in this story?
(a) Vassail
(b) Rehaja
(c) Veselija
(d) Wanneid

2. Why weren't meats smoked?
(a) It was too expensive
(b) It was too time consuming
(c) It never tasted right
(d) They didn't have the tools

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

4. Who does Ona want to marry?
(a) Antanas
(b) Jack
(c) Jurgis
(d) Stanislovas

5. Where does Jurgis wait instead of going in to meet his boss?
(a) Outside with the unemployed workers
(b) At the main office
(c) At home
(d) At the bus stop

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

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

8. Who tries to convince Jurgis Ona is fine?
(a) Ona
(b) Stanislovas
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Marija

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

10. Who finds Jurgis his first job?
(a) Jack
(b) The delicatessen owner
(c) Antanas
(d) Conner

11. What holiday does Jurgis call 'their' holiday?
(a) Easter
(b) Pentecost
(c) Christmas
(d) Assumption

12. How long has the family been in Packingtown at this point?
(a) 5 years
(b) A decade
(c) 1 year
(d) 2 and a half years

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

14. Who is in jail at the start of this chapter?
(a) Elzbieta
(b) Jurgis
(c) Marija
(d) Ona

15. Who is the violin player?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Tamoszius
(c) Conner
(d) Jack

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?

2. Where does Jurgis have to go after his first day back at work?

3. Why does Ona want to get a job?

4. What does the answer to #86 realize while they are in jail?

5. Who gets a horrible case of frostbite?

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