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The Jungle

Upton Sinclair

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1. Who is the first person to abandon the family?

(A) Jonas

(B) Jurgis

(D) Ona

2. Who develops a drug addiction?

(A) Ona

(B) Jokubas

(D) Elzbieta

3. Why is Jurgis sent to prison the first time?

(A) For public drunkenness

(B) For attacking Phil Connor

(D) For destroying the farmer's peach trees

4. Who plays the violin?

(A) Tamoszius

(B) Jurgis

(D) Jokubas

5. Whose delicatessen is a financial failure?

(A) Tamoszius

(B) Jurgis

(D) Jokubas

6. Why is Stanislovas afraid of the cold on winter mornings?

(A) Because he hates slipping on the ice

(B) Because he has seen the effects of frostbite

(D) Because he only earns money on warm days

7. Where is Ostrinski from?

(A) Lithuania

(B) Russia

(D) Poland

8. In what year was The Jungle first published?

(A) 1906

(B) 1912

(D) 1910

9. What law was passed due to public outcry caused by the novel?

(A) The Food and Drug Reform Bill

(B) The Countermeasure of 1906

(D) The Wage Reform Standards Act

10. How does the young Antanas die?

(A) He is killed by a steer

(B) He drowns in the mud-logged street

(D) He catches frostbite

11. At the beginning of the novel, what is Jurgis's response to learning of the debt caused by his marriage feast?

(A) “I will earn more.”

(B) “I will try harder.”

(D) “I will work harder.”

12. How does Kristoforas die?

(A) He eats diseased meat

(B) He drowns in the mud-logged street

(D) He falls off of a carriage

13. From what country do Jurgis and Ona emigrate?

(A) Poland

(B) Iceland

(D) Croatia

14. To what political party does Mike Scully belong?

(A) The Republicans

(B) The Democrats

(D) The Communists

15. What is Teta Elzbieta's relationship to Ona?

(A) Elzbieta is Ona's mother

(B) Elzbieta is Ona's aunt

(D) Elzbieta is Ona's stepmother

16. Who becomes a prostitute?

(A) Ona

(B) Marija

(D) Elzbieta

17. What does Jurgis seek to avenge in attacking Connor?

(A) Connor's murder of Stanislovas

(B) onnor's rape of Marija

(D) Connor's firing of Marija

18. Where does the philanthropic woman find a job for Jurgis?

(A) At a steel mill

(B) At a fertilizer plant

(D) In a bratwurst factory

19. To what political party does Tommy Hinds belong?

(A) The Republicans

(B) The Democrats

(D) The Communists

20. Who convinces Jurgis to live for Antanas after Ona's death?

(A) Marija

(B) Teta Elzbieta

(D) Kristoforas

21. What does Freddie Jones give to Jurgis?

(A) A rabbit's foot

(B) A car

(D) A gold watch

22. Why does Jack Duane leave town?

(A) Because his associates abandon him after he barely escapes arrest

(B) Because he longs to see the Pacific Ocean

(D) Because he has heard that there are higher wages in Lithuania

23. Why do Marija and Tamoszius postpone their marriage?

(A) Because they are unsure about their feelings for each other

(B) Because Marija no longer loves Tamoszius

(D) Because they cannot afford to be married

24. What is the Lithuanian word for “wedding feast”?

(A) Veselija

(B) Tamatha

(D) Koszovirums

25. How do the smaller children earn money?

(A) By stealing

(B) By stuffing sausages

(D) By selling newspapers

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