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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 is the man at the political meeting speaking of?
(a) Peace
(b) Protection
(c) Freedom
(d) Uprising

2. Besides his son, what does Jurgis enjoy in his life now?
(a) The weekly newspaper
(b) Gambling
(c) Long walks
(d) The political rallies

3. What does Jurgis do in response to Antanas' death?
(a) Walks to the country
(b) Beats up the boarding house owner
(c) Calls the doctor
(d) Buries him

4. How did Stanislovas die?
(a) Drowning
(b) Being eaten by rats
(c) Food poisoning
(d) Frostbite

5. Who does Jurgis hear screaming when he reaches the boarding house?
(a) Ona
(b) Elzbieta
(c) Stanislovas
(d) Marija

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has cut their hand and can not work?

2. Where does Jurgis go after being in the country?

3. Why is Ona's pregnancy in trouble?

4. What are men all over joining in order to change their lives?

5. What job does Jurgis find with the help of friend he made in the union?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the midwife described to the reader?

2. After the speech is over, what does Jurgis do?

3. Where does Jurgis finally find the job that makes him happy, though he does not hold onto it for long?

4. What does Jurgis do as soon as he gets his new job?

5. What caused little Antanas' death?

6. What happens to Jurgis' $100?

7. How does Jurgis response to the news of Antanas' death?

8. What does Jurgis have complete faith in by the end of the story?

9. Is Jurgis successful in getting the rest of the family converted to socialism?

10. Why was Jurgis released from prison later than he thought would be?

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