The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Where does the book open

Te reception after a wedding at 4:00

What city does the story take place in

Chicago

Where do most of the men work

The stockyards - slaughterhouses

Who organized the reception

The cousin to the bride Marija Berczynskas

What is a veselija

a Lithuanian celebration where all are welcome to come eat and drink as much as they can

Who were the bride and groom in chapter 1

Ona Lukoszaite, a tiny girl of fifteen and a large, gentle fellow called Jurgis Rudkus.

Shat ethnicity are the main characters

Lithuanian

Who is the Lithuanian lead violinist

Tamoszius Kuszleika

Who is the father of the groom

Antanas Rudkus

What job causes Mikolas injuries

Beef-boner

Who is Ona's stepmother

Teta Elzbieta

Why did Marija leave Lithuania with some of her other family members

She was avoiding an abusive workplace

Is the family's first experience of America a good one

No, they are cheated and stolen from by officials

Who was Jonas's friend who had come to America and gotten rich; owned a deli; helped Jonas and his family get settled.

Jokubas Szedvilas

Who owned the apartment complex that the family first lived in in America

Mrs. Aniele Jukniene

What was the smell in chapter 2

A landfill that the town was built on

Where does Jurgis first find a job

Brown's meatpacking plant

"They use everything about the hog except the squeal" - ___________

Jokubas

True or false: There was a government employee at the slaughterhouse

True - but he did not do a very good job and allowed many pigs to go unchecked

What is a besom

A type of broom with a bunch of thin sticks tied to a long wooden handle

Why can't Antanas find a job

None of the meatpacking companies will hire the elderly

What word in the deed scares Teta and the family

Rental

What disgusts Antanas about his job

the filthiness of the meatpacking conditions

Who had Marija's job previously

Mary Dennis

Who is Mary Dennis

An Irishwoman who had Marija's job for 15 years; her son had epilepsy and a disability; she contracted tuberculosis and was fired

What happened to the guy who had Jonas's job before Jonas

He was crushed by the cart on the job

What are "slunk" calves

Cow fetuses

Ehat was the Lithuanian family name that moved in after the original family

Majauszkiene

Why do so many different ethnic waves of immigrants go into the workforce for the meatpacking industry

Each wave of immigrants only stays until the factory managers find another group willing to work for less

Who faked their age in order to get a job

Stanislovas

Why is Stanislovas afraid of the cold

A boy working with him came out of the cold screaming one day and he lost an ear to frostbite

What couple was a sort of opposite attraction in chapter 8 and how were these people different

Tamoszius is a tiny guy and Marija is hail and hearty.

What did Jurgis first not join but eventually join

A labor union

What motivates Jurgis to learn English

The union

What was said to be the lead cause of death for American soldiers in the Spanish American War

Bad meat

Why Does Miss Henderson hate Ona

Ona is pure and Miss Henderson runs a brothel and resents Ona's purity

What injury did Jurgis suffer at work

A broken ankle (later a twisted tendon)

What has to happen to Stanislovas to go to work after the snowstorm

Jurgis has to beat him

Who left the family first

Jonas

Which three of Teta Elzbieta's children have to join the workforce after Jonas left

Kotrina, Vilmas, and Nikalojus

Who was Teta Elzbieta's youngest child who died at 3

Kristoforas

Why was Durham's fertilizer plant the last resort for Jurgis

The fertilizer plant caused health problems like excessive phosphate intake

Why do Vilimas and Nikalojus have to leave work and go back to school

They had been learning English slang and learning about the Chicago criminal underworld

Who ends up struggling with alcoholism

Jurgis

Who didn't come home immediately after work because of a blizzard and scared the rest of the family

Ona

Where did Ona say she was when she didn't come home from work due to the blizzard

At her friend's place (Jadvyga)

Who was Jadvyga's fiancé and why are they no longer getting married

Mikolas and he he had his hand amputated due to constant infection

Why did Ona lie to Jurgis about where she was

She was forced to sleep with her boss, Conor so her family could continue to get jobs

What did Connor force Ona to do

Sleep with him and work as a prostitute or else her family would lose their jobs

Why is Jurgis placed in jail

He attacked Ona's boss Conor who forced her into protitution

Why doesn't Jurgis like being in jail

He is racked with guilt and wants his family to be with him

Why is the man in jail with Jurgis in jail

He is a cracksman (a safe breaker) but he was arrested for disturbing the peace because there was not evidence for being a cracksman

What was the name of Jurgis's cell mate

Jack Duane

How does Ona die

She died in childbirth (the baby also died)

What did Jurgis do with the $3 Kotrina made selling papers

He takes it from her and buys a bottle of whiskey hoping to get drunk

Why did Jack Duane skip town

To get away from his family which is just a burden according to him

Why was Jurgis sentenced to jail time

The racist judge believed Conor with no evidence

What four things does Stanislovas inform Jurgis of when he visited him in jail

1. Ona is in bed and can't go to work.

2. Marija has cut her hand badly and it's getting infected. The company doctor has told her she may have to have her hand amputated.

3. They are starving, they can't get credit at the local store anymore, and they have missed the rent and interest payment for their house.

4. The Sunday before, there was a heavy blizzard, and Stanislovas couldn't go to work.

What midwife does Jurgis approach to help Ona

Madame Haupt

Why did the Harvester Trust close down

They have made more harvesters than the farmers need (supply and demand)

After Ona's death, what is Jurgis's only source of happiness and hope

His son Antanas

What became Antanas's (baby)favorite term

********

How does Antanas (baby) die

He drowns in the street

What does Jurgis do after the death of his son

He runs away

Why did Jurgis rip the farmer's peach plants out of the ground

The farmer was rude and told him that he would not be served a meal. Jurgis had decided he wasn't gonna take any crap anymore.

Where was the farmer from who had the little one year old baby who made Jurgis cry

Russia

What job does Jurgis get after he leaves the farms

He works on a new underground railway

How does Jurgis get injured when working on the railroad

A runaway railcar hit him into a wall

Why doesn't the priest connect with Jurgis when Jurgis enters the Church for shelter

The priest is warm and comfortable and out of touch with the real suffering that he pretends to address with his religion

Why doesn't Jurgis make a lot of money when begging

The other beggars are pros and/or are worse off than he is

How does Jurgis meet Freddie Jones

He runs into him in an alley. Freddie was very drunk but sympathetic to Jurgis's stories of misfortune. Then Freddie invited Jurgis to have dinner with him.

What moral dilemma does Jurgis face when meeting Freddie

He could have stole Freddie's excessive amount of money and gotten away with it, but he didn't do it

What does Freddie give Jurgis before they enter the cab

A $100 bill

Where does Freddie live

A giant mansion

What is the name of Freddie's butler

Hamilton

What is interesting about who Freddie's father is

His father owns Jones' packing plant

What is Freddie's dog's name

Admiral Dewey

What happens to the hundred dollar bill Freddie gave Jurgis

Jurgis tried to break it at a bar but the bartender stole the money and Jurgis attacked him leading to Jurgis's arrest

What does Jurgis decide to become after his second jail experience

He is going to become a real professional criminal

Who does Jurgis go to for help in becoming a criminal

Jack Duane (who he saw in both jail times)

Who was the politician Jurgis fixed the elections for in chapter 25

Mike Scully

What political party was Mile Scully a part of

Democratic

Who brings Jurgis to Marija and where is she

Alena Jasaityte and at a brothel where she was working

How did Stanislovas die

He got drunk and got locked in the factory overnight where rats killed and ate him

What happened to Tamoszius Kusleika after he was separated from Marija

He lost a finger to gangrene so he couldn't play the violin anymore then he disappeared

What does Marija get hooked on

Morphine

What is the speaker preaching that motivates Jurgis

Socialism

Who teaches Jurgis about socialism

Comrade Ostrinski

Who owns the hotel Jurgis worked at

Tommy Hinds

Who is the assistant at Hind's hotel

Harry Adams

________________ believes that socialism is a tool to creating a new promised land on Earth, New Jerusalem.

Mr. Lucas

________________ wants to see the centralization of all factories and private property, along with absolute freedom in thought and artistic production.

Nicholas Schliemann