The Jungle

Which statement best expresses the central theme of the excerpt from The Jungle?

• The workers and the general public are all victims of the methods of the meat industry.

• The meat industry has come up with many ways to make unpalatable meat taste good.

• The workers and the general public are ignorant of the devious plans of the meat industry.

• The meat industry must find creative solutions to stay competitive in the marketplace.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

What happened to many soldiers who ate the canned meat? Why?

• They got extremely sick because it had been lying around in cellars for years.

• It killed them- the beef the soldiers ate was not freshly canned. It was old and had been lying around in cellars for years.

• It killed them- they would die from a simple cut or have the joints in their hands eaten by the acid they use.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

True or False: Men who work in the cooking rooms are exposed to germs that cause serious lung infections, while men who work in the chilling rooms get pains in their joints and muscles.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the most likely reason the author chose to fictionalize the information in The Jungle?

• To soften the gruesome aspects of the stories

•       To argue that fiction is greater than truth

• To appeal to a broader audience

• To discredit the meat industry

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Read this sentence from paragraph 4 of the excerpt from The Jungle.

There were the wool pluckers, whose hands went to pieces even sooner than the hands of the pickle men; for the pelts of the sheep had to be painted with acid to loosen the wool, and then the pluckers had to pull out this wool with their bare hands, till the acid had eaten their fingers off.

The main purpose of this sentence is to —

• make a comparison between pickle men and wool pluckers

• highlight how horrible the work conditions were for wool pluckers

• describe the job process for those looking for work as wool pluckers

• explain why people wanted to be pickle men rather than wool pluckers

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2