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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. Where does Deborah hide the money she’s stolen when Hugh falls asleep after they’ve arrived home from the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) In the attic
(b) In Hugh’s pocket
(c) In her jewelry box
(d) In her apron pocket

2. What word does the narrator use to refer to a nickname in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Sobriquet
(b) Handle
(c) Moniker
(d) Mariner

3. On what date did Rebecca Harding Davis die?
(a) July 7, 1901
(b) September 16, 1889
(c) September 29, 1910
(d) October 3, 1896

4. What word does the narrator use in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills” to refer to a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement?
(a) Debutante
(b) Diva
(c) Dilettante
(d) Maestro

5. When was Margret Howth published?
(a) 1861
(b) 1884
(c) 1914
(d) 1798

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Man cannot live by” what?

2. The narrator tells the reader in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills,” I will tell you plainly that I have a great hope; and I bring it to you to be” what?

3. What establishment does the narrator describe across the street when she looks out window in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

4. Christ is described in “Life in the Iron Mills” as having stood “with the fishermen and harlots by the sea of” what?

5. What broken figure does the narrator describe as “pointing upward from the mantle shelf” in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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