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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in the Iron Mills.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The character called Mitchell in “Life in the Iron Mills” is said to be an amateur what?
(a) Opera singer
(b) Gymnast
(c) Comedian
(d) Hypnotist

2. From whom did Deborah presumably steal the money in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Dr. May
(b) Mr. Mitchell
(c) Mr. Wolfe
(d) Mr. Kirby

3. 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) 20 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 10 years

4. What Greek goddess of love and beauty does the narrator describe a sculpture of in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Achilles
(b) Athena
(c) Aphrodite
(d) Echo

5. How does the narrator describe Janey’s eyes in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Milesian
(b) Spanish
(c) Armenian
(d) Mexican

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Hugh Wolfe, the narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Yet he was kind to her: it was his nature to be kind, even to the very” what?

2. What kind of tobacco does the narrator describe the drunken Irishmen puffing on in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. Mitchell says of the laborers at the iron mill in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Let them have a clear idea of the rights of the soul, and I’ll venture next week they’ll” what?

4. Janey tells Deborah that “the father” is in the stone house with whom in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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

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