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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jurgis think works against the American ideal of individuality?
(a) Unions
(b) Stockyards
(c) Bosses
(d) Assembly line work

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

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

4. Who is the character in charge of the wedding?
(a) Elzbieta
(b) Marija
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Ona

5. How old is Ona at her wedding?
(a) 25
(b) 16
(c) 21
(d) 30

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has been pressured into prostituting herself?

3. Where does Jurgis get his next job?

4. Where does Jurgis go to look for work?

5. What does Ona give birth to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ona suggest she do in order to marry Jurgis more quickly?

2. Why does Jurgis get his job back at Brown's?

3. What does Jurgis begin to do in order to deal with the horrors of his situation?

4. Why can't Jurgis' father find work?

5. What begins to happen to Ona in this chapter?

6. Who wanted Ona and Jurgis to have a lavish wedding, even though they would have been fine with something simpler?

7. What does the family learn they must also pay on their home?

8. Who does Marija fall in love with?

9. What does Jurgis think about his act of beating up Conner?

10. Why is Stanislovas afraid to go out into the snow?

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