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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 in “Life in the Iron Mills” says that it is nearly how long since the Wolfes lived in the boarding house in the beginning of the story?
(a) 10 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 30 years

2. What war caused Rebecca Harding Davis to set aside her writing for a time?
(a) The French and Indian War
(b) The Korean War
(c) The American Revolution
(d) The U.S. Civil War

3. The author of “A Biographical Interpretation” states that Rebecca Harding Davis grew up along what river?
(a) The Colorado River
(b) The Ohio River
(c) The Columbus River
(d) The Hudson River

4. The narrator compares the “wild, eager face” of the sculpture in “Life in the Iron Mills” to what?
(a) A starving wolf’s
(b) A hungry child’s
(c) A seductive snake’s
(d) An enraged goddess’s

5. 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) Maestro
(b) Dilettante
(c) Debutante
(d) Diva

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the now shutting-down iron mill, Mitchell says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “One could fancy these red smoldering lights to be the half-shut eyes of wild beasts, and the spectral figures their” what?

2. One of the men that visits the mill along with other men in “Life in the Iron Mills” is the son of which of the mill-owners?

3. What deformity is Deborah said to be afflicted with in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

4. What is the name of the overseer that comes with the visiting men to the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

5. Where does Deborah go to live after serving her jail sentence in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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