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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Biographical Interpretation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the weather in the opening of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Cloudy
(b) Arid
(c) Sunny
(d) Windy

2. Doctor May reads Hugh’s sentence to his wife from the newspaper how long after the night when they discussed the sculpture in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 2 weeks
(b) 6 weeks
(c) 6 months
(d) 1 month

3. What is the name of the lawyer that the judge appoints to Hugh Wolfe in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mr. Gibson
(b) Mr. Smith
(c) Mr. Clarke
(d) Mr. May

4. On what date were L. Clarke Davis and Rebecca Harding Davis married?
(a) April 3, 1869
(b) September 2, 1905
(c) March 12, 1885
(d) March 5, 1863

5. Where does the narrator say she keeps the korl statue in the end of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) On the front porch
(b) Behind a curtain
(c) In a museum
(d) In a bank vault

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was “Life in the Iron Mills” first published?

2. How many centuries ago does the narrator describe Christ rising up from the people in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. Rebecca Harding Davis was the eldest of how many children in her family?

4. Where did Rebecca Harding Davis largely grow up?

5. What night of the week is it that Deborah brings Hugh his dinner at the mill in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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