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

2. How long has Deborah stood at the spools at her job in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 12 hours
(b) 10 hours
(c) 8 hours
(d) 6 hours

3. 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 heaven or hell
(c) To the river
(d) To port or to sea

4. Where does Deborah hide the money she’s stolen when Hugh falls asleep after they’ve arrived home from the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) In the attic
(b) In her apron pocket
(c) In Hugh’s pocket
(d) In her jewelry box

5. The narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “About this man Mitchell hung the impalpable atmosphere belonging to the” what?
(a) Royal classes
(b) Undercover policeman
(c) Lowest class
(d) Thoroughbred gentleman

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the town physician who comes with the visiting men to the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

2. By what name does the narrator call the “refuse from the ore after the pig-metal is run” in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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?

4. The narrator tells the reader in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills,” I will tell you plainly that I have a great hope; and I bring it to you to be” what?

5. What is the name of the jailer in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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