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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wife's Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills,” “The idiosyncrasy of this town is” what?
(a) Cleanliness
(b) Smoke
(c) Sunshine
(d) Paint

2. “Life in the Iron Mills” is regarded by many academics as the beginning of what movement in American literature?
(a) Dadaism
(b) Post-modernism
(c) Realism
(d) Pulp fiction

3. What is Jacky’s relationship to the narrator’s husband in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) She is his sister
(b) She is his aunt
(c) She is his ward
(d) She is his wife

4. What sentence does Hugh Wolfe receive in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 2 years parole
(b) 5 years hard labor
(c) 19 years hard labor
(d) 3 years solitary confinement

5. Where do Deborah’s coworkers tell her there a ball tonight in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Miss Potts’
(b) Miss Boyle’s
(c) Miss Andrews’
(d) Miss Sarah’s

Short Answer Questions

1. The mill where Hugh works in “Life in the Iron Mills” is described as being by the river and how far below the city-limits?

2. What kind of bird does the narrator describe chirping desolately beside her in a cage in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. How many hands are employed at the iron mill where Hugh works in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

4. From whom did Deborah presumably steal the money in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

5. What is the name of the narrator’s husband’s old nag that she can hear neighing in the stables in “The Wife’s Story”?

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