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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rebecca Harding Davis supported her young family by working as an editor for what publication?
(a) The Boston Globe
(b) The Washington Journal
(c) The New York Times
(d) The Philadelphia Inquirer

2. In what year did the author of “A Biographical Interpretation” republish Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories?
(a) 1972
(b) 1992
(c) 1988
(d) 1969

3. At what time does Deborah return home from the cotton mill in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 11:00
(b) 1:00
(c) 3:00
(d) 10:00

4. The narrator describes “Jacky’s rough voice” as being like what in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) A siren’s
(b) A canary’s
(c) A vulture’s
(d) The cuckoo’s

5. When was Waiting for the Verdict published?
(a) 1898
(b) 1811
(c) 1839
(d) 1867

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say her husband bought after their marriage, “thinking to please me,” in “The Wife’s Story”?

2. Where did the author of “A Biographical Interpretation” supposedly find a collection of Rebecca Harding Davis’s works?

3. 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?

4. According to the author of “A Biographical Interpretation,” Rebecca Harding Davis wrote an article speaking out against what movement?

5. How many children did the narrator’s husband have from his first marriage in “The Wife’s Story”?

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