In line 17, the narrator most likely uses the phrase “embalmed beef” to convey the idea that

What is ironic about the law banning the slaughter and canning of horse meat?

Why was Jurgis impressed when he first inspected the packing plants?

The narrator explains in lines 61–73 that, unlike the cheating that occurs with the products themselves,

Jurgis’s friend tells him that “anybody who could invent a new imitation had been sure of a fortune from old Durham.” Readers can infer that this is because

The narrator says that the “hoisters...would have to stoop under a beam...which got them into the habit of stooping, so that in a few years they would be walking like chimpanzees.” The author most likely chose this imagery to

If someone is sceptical, he or she is

To oblige is to

What does ostensibly mean?

A plan is ingenious if it is

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