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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anne.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Pitchforks
(b) Scaly wings
(c) Victims in the den
(d) Glistening teeth

2. What is the name of the overseer that comes with the visiting men to the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mr. Kirk
(b) Mr. Clarke
(c) Mr. Wolfe
(d) Mr. Mitchell

3. 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 her jewelry box
(b) In her apron pocket
(c) In the attic
(d) In Hugh’s pocket

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

5. What character on the train in “Anne” is said to be the “chairman of the Woman’s National Society for the Examination of Prisons”?
(a) Mrs. Ames
(b) Miss James
(c) Mrs. Smith
(d) Mrs. Sanders

Short Answer Questions

1. When was “Life in the Iron Mills” first published in a periodical?

2. Dr. May says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “That is true philosophy. Drift with the stream, because you cannot” what?

3. The narrator in “Life in the Iron Mills” describes Hugh Wolfe as “A morbid, gloomy man, untaught, unled, left to feed his soul in” what?

4. When was Margret Howth published?

5. What word from “Life in the Iron Mills” means slow, dull, or sluggish?

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