WorksheetsThe Jungle Ch 1-4 & Presentation Cornell Notes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 33mins
What special event takes place early in chapter one?
The family finally arrives in America
a veselija
Jurgis finds a job
Ona has a baby
Which character is in charge at the celebration?
Ona
Jurgis
Marija
Ona's father
Working harder will fix anything, according to Jurgis. Why is this incorrect - particularly in Packingtown? Choose all correct answers.
No one really cares how hard someone works.
It doesn't mean he will earn more money.
Working harder will just wear him down faster.
People will just go behind him and undo everything he does to get him fired.
Who were the first people to use dishonesty to take advantage of Ona and Jurgis?
officials at the ports in Lithuania and New York
Ona's father
Jokubas
the woman at the boardinghouse
The reason the family chose Chicago as their destination was
They were told how powerful the mafia was there.
Ona's father had relatives living there.
Jonas spoke of how Jokubus became successful there.
Jurgis already had a job waiting for him when he got there.
What event(s)/reason(s) made leaving Lithuania necessary/desirable?
Ona's father died and left the family with legal problems and nearly broke.
Marija was regularly beaten at her job.
freedom
Jurgis couldn't read.
During their walk, Ona and Jurgis noticed
*Choose all the right answers.*
a rancid order like " . . . all the dead animals in the universe."
children digging for food in the garbage dumps
the closer they got to the stockyards, the worse the scenes around them got
numerous unattended children in the streets
In the following quotes, determine the symbolism of at least 2 of the 3 words.
"blood red" and "fire"
The author uses the metaphor for the picture he paints of animals being processed in the meat packing plant as a " . . . river of death." What other literary device does this serve as, and to what or whom, other than the animals can this quote refer?
symbolism; Packingtown neighborhoods
analogy; immigrants
foreshadowing; the packing plant workers
hyperbole; the river that runs along side the streets in the neighborhood
Muckrakers were
the men who raked up the muck of intestines at the packing plant
people from the north who moved south after the Civil War
a slang term immigrants had for politicians
those, usually journalists, who investigated and exposed wrongdoing in hopes of reform
The president who read The Jungle and then took action because of what he read was
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
William Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
When describing the processing of hogs, Sinclair uses specific words that lets the reader know he is talking about more than hogs. Discuss some of what he says/the terms he uses. Explain who is being talked about and why it is relevant.
The ". . . river of death . . ." is what form of figurative language?
hyperbole
analogy
metaphor
simile
The " . . . river of death . . . " is referring to the unhealthy water that the Packingtown children play in.
True
False
The " . . . hog squeal of the universe . . . " leaves Jurgis
wondering if there could possibly be a louder, more disturbing sound anywhere in the universe.
wondering if there is anywhere on Earth or in Heaven where the hogs can find peace
feeling disgusted and physically sick
feeling even more excited about his new job
What is the true purpose of the inspector in the meat packing plant?
to make sure no tubercular meat makes it into the processing plant
to give the appearance of authority; however, his purpose is questionable
to keep an eye on the men in line for a job
to check the cleanliness of the plant
To what can we compare Jurgis's reaction to the meat packing plant?
the wonder of a child on his first trip to Disney World
the disgust of someone watching surgery take place
the fear of a person who hates scary movies but is being forced to watch one
the joy of a husband on his wedding day.
The reforms Teddy Roosevelt made during his presidency were called
(a)
Sinclair said, about his goal for writing The Jungle, that he "aimed for the public's heart and hit it in the (a) instead."
Based on the background presentation I showed in class and what we've read thus far, predict what you believe will happen to Jurgis.
