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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the wedding reception being held?
(a) Lithuania
(b) Russia dining hall
(c) Chicago stockyards
(d) At the church

2. Who is the narrator of this novel?
(a) Marija
(b) Ona
(c) Jurgis
(d) Sinclair

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

4. Where does Jurgis have to go after his first day back at work?
(a) The store
(b) The doctor
(c) The midwife
(d) The bank

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

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

7. What is Marija's job?
(a) Sewing clothes
(b) Painting cans
(c) Killing pigs
(d) Making sausages

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

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

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

11. What happens to Marija's wages?
(a) They are doubled
(b) They are cut in half
(c) They include bonuses
(d) They are garnished

12. What does Jurgis do to the answer to #82?
(a) He talks with him
(b) He kills him
(c) He ignores him
(d) He beats him up

13. What is used in the sausages at the factory?
(a) Bread
(b) Spoiled hams
(c) Potato flour
(d) Beans

14. The bosses at the slaughterhouses cheat the men by ________ their hours of work.
(a) Increasing
(b) Ignoring
(c) Eliminating all of
(d) Rounding down

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jurgis hope for Stanislovas to do?

2. Who begins to develop a cough like the one that killed Jurgis' father?

3. What is doctored with Borax to give it a certain flavor?

4. Why does Jurgis sell his vote?

5. What is another fee the family learns they need to pay on their home?

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