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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. Mitchell claims in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Reform is born of need, not” what?
(a) Poverty
(b) Pity
(c) Criticism
(d) Empathy

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

3. 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) Mr. Mitchell
(c) Mr. Clarke
(d) Neff Sanders

4. How many hands are employed at the iron mill where Hugh works in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 800
(b) 5,000
(c) 1,200
(d) 2,100

5. How many men are in the group of visitors that come through the mill where Hugh works in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 8-9
(b) 10-11
(c) 5-6
(d) 2-3

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. At what time does Deborah return home from the cotton mill in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. The narrator in “Life in the Iron Mills” describes Hugh Wolfe as “A morbid, gloomy man, untaught, unled, left to feed his soul in” what?

4. Of Deborah’s thoughts on Hugh in “Life in the Iron Mills,” the narrator says, “She knew, that, down under all the vileness and coarseness of his life, there was a groping passion for whatever was” what?

5. Doctor May reads Hugh’s sentence to his wife from the newspaper how long after the night when they discussed the sculpture in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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