1. 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?
(a) Mr. Jones
(b) Mr. Kirby
(c) Mr. Peters
(d) Mr. May

2. Robert is said to have what profession in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) He is a preacher
(b) He is a lawyer
(c) He is a butcher
(d) He is a doctor

3. Rebecca Harding Davis is credited with over how many published works?
(a) 50
(b) 500
(c) 100
(d) 20

4. The narrator in “The Wife’s Story” says there had been a time when she had dreamed of achieving whose stature?
(a) Heidi C. Clark’s
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt’s
(c) Susan B. Anthony’s
(d) Margaret Fuller’s

5. What sentence does Hugh Wolfe receive in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 3 years solitary confinement
(b) 2 years parole
(c) 19 years hard labor
(d) 5 years hard labor

Short Answer Questions

1. The mill-owner’s son tells his companions in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “If I had the making of men, these men who do the lowest part of the world’s work should be” what?

2. Who was the supposed author of The Imitation of Christ?

3. Where does Deborah say Hugh was born in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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

5. What word used in “Life in the Iron Mills” refers to a crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide?

(see the answer key)

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