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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. Hugh’s legs are describes as being ironed because he made how many attempts at escape from jail in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 8
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 4

2. What word from “Life in the Iron Mills” means slow, dull, or sluggish?
(a) Torpid
(b) Torrid
(c) Tainted
(d) Trepid

3. How does the narrator describe the weather in the opening of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Arid
(b) Sunny
(c) Windy
(d) Cloudy

4. The narrator compares the “wild, eager face” of the sculpture in “Life in the Iron Mills” to what?
(a) A seductive snake’s
(b) A hungry child’s
(c) A starving wolf’s
(d) An enraged goddess’s

5. What is the name of the man that goes about town lighting the lamps at dusk in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Joe Hill
(b) Neff Sanders
(c) Mr. Mitchell
(d) Mr. Clarke

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hands are employed at the iron mill where Hugh works in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

2. What kind of bird does the narrator describe chirping desolately beside her in a cage in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. How is Deborah related to Hugh Wolfe in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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

5. The narrator describes the mill workers in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills” as “laired in by day in dens of drunkenness and” what?

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