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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. Who is working at the sausage factory?
(a) Jurgis
(b) Marija
(c) Elzbieta
(d) Ona

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

3. What is Marija's new job?
(a) Secretary
(b) Painting cans
(c) Beef trimmer
(d) Sewing buttons

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

5. Who died in his sleep, working up until that point without trouble?
(a) Antanas
(b) Stanislovas
(c) Jonas
(d) Jurgis

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jurgis do to the answer to #82?

2. What causes Jurgis and the rest of the family to become violently ill?

3. Why does Jurgis sell his vote?

4. What kinds of cows are killed, which upsets Jurgis as he works?

5. Why weren't meats smoked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the ways the slaughterhouse bosses cheat the men out of money?

2. What holiday occurs during the time that Jurgis is in jail?

3. What happened to those who had a sore on their hand and they then got pickling brine on it?

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

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

6. How do Ona and Jurgis furnish their 'new' home?

7. Why can't any people pay off the 'new' houses they have bought?

8. Why is it not a big problem for Jurgis to find work, even though he can't speak English?

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

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

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