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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 narrator in “Life in the Iron Mills” describes Hugh Wolfe as “no favorite in the mill; he had the taint of” what on him?
(a) School-learning
(b) Old money
(c) Secrecy and politeness
(d) Politics and corruption

2. The narrator states in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes” where?
(a) To the left or the right
(b) To port or to sea
(c) To heaven or hell
(d) To the river

3. What is the name of the judge that sentenced Hugh Wolfe in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Judge Carter
(b) Judge Day
(c) Judge Anderson
(d) Judge Williams

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

5. Deborah tells Hugh when she brings him food at work that she fears the ale is a bit what, in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Sweet
(b) Bitter
(c) Sour
(d) Moldy

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Man cannot live by” 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. Of Hugh Wolfe, the narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “His soul within him was smothering to death; he wanted so much, thought so much, and knew” what?

4. Where does the narrator say she keeps the korl statue in the end of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

5. 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?

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