Characters
Character Information
Plot Details
Famous Lines and Scenes
Grab Bag
100
Jurgis's wife
Ona
100
Ona's boss is involved in what illegal activity?
Prostitution
100
The family's country of origin...
Lithuania
100
What scene begins the novel?
A wedding feast
100
the term for when people in the factory have to work faster is...
speeding up or speeding up the line
200
Which character starts the book with children?
Elzbieta (Teta) Ona's Stepmother
200
Ona's cousin and hashtag champion is...
Marija
200
The first immigrant group to come through the packing houses...
The Germans
200
Jurgis's line when he is faced with a challenge...
"I will work harder."
200
How is Jurgis injured?
Bull + Chaos + hole in the floor
300
Which child in the novel works in the packing industry?
Stanislovas
300
Tamoszius Kuszleika has what skill that gives beauty in the lives of our characters?
Music
300
The two employers in the packing industry...
Durhams and Browns
300
"Rise and Murder" is a prediction of a neighbor. Who does it apply to?
The people working in the factory...
300
What animal are the workers in the plant compared to?
The pigs on the slaughtering lines, with pig dreams and aspirations
400
Which character has the first fatality?
Dede Antanas
400
What job does young Kotrina have?
childcare/housekeeping
400
How Ona and Jurgis ended up getting married...
Ona's father died
400
The disease that many people in the novel have/had- including a main character.
Tuberculosis
400
In what year was the novel published? 1910, 1906, 1920, 1915
1906
500
Which character is already in the U.S. and owns a small business?
Jokubas Szedvilas
500
How does Kristoforas die?
Tainted meat. Sorry for TWD reference.
500
What the family didn't understand about buying a house:
Interest
500
Mike Scully, in order to help the Democratic candidate, helps Jurgis do what?
Get his citizenship
500
What character in Greek literature is Jurgis compared to?
Prometheus in Greek mythology, a Titan who steals fire from heaven for the benefit of mankind. To punish him, Zeus chains him to a rock where a vulture comes each day to eat his liver, which grows back each night.
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