The Jungle

How did the author conduct research for conditions in the meatpacking factories?

• He took a job in a meat factory posing as a worker to see it all first hand.

• He took a college class on the subject.

• He took the word of a neighbor whose stories he loved about the meatpacking factories.

• He wrote the story all from his imagination.

What did Jurgis see as his way out of his condition?

• College

• Drinking

• Politics

• Writing

The author compares Jurgis and Ona's life to a game to show

• they were good athletes

• they did not obtain the "American dream" they imagined

• they were a good team

• they were apart of the meat packing industry

In the pickling section of the plant acid ate off men’s

• Fingers

• Toes

• Sense of decency

• all of the above

Why did Jurgis feel bad for drinking

• They could not afford it

• it was making him sick

• his wife did not know drink

• it made him feel like a man around his friends

According to the author workers got chewed up just like

• A cow chews her cud

• The food processed in the factory

• A plug of tobacco

• A stick of gum

Why did Jurgis stay at the meat factory

• he was married

• he liked the money

• to drink with his friends at noon

• all of the above

By 1900 the American economy had

• Shifted from agricultural to industrial

• Shifted from agricultural to service

• Shifted from industrial to service

• Collapsed

According to the author, “I aimed at America’s heart, and accidentally hit them in the_____”

• Head

• Lungs

• Stomach

• Throat

Who is the author of The Jungle?

• Theodore Dreiser

• William Dean Howells

• Sinclair Lewis

• Upton Sinclair