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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 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?
(a) Bludgeon you for your kindness
(b) Strike for higher wages
(c) Strike out to the sea
(d) Quit for a life of poetry

2. 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?
(a) Digested
(b) Remembered
(c) Tested
(d) Embraced

3. What word used in “Life in the Iron Mills” refers to a side of cured pork?
(a) Haggis
(b) Bandy
(c) Curry
(d) Flitch

4. What does Deborah begin to eat for dinner after returning from the cotton mill in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Haggis and rice
(b) Boiled potatoes
(c) Pork sausage
(d) Boiled cabbage

5. Who is the town physician who comes with the visiting men to the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Dr. Clarke
(b) Dr. May
(c) Dr. Wolfe
(d) Dr. Mitchell

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Deborah, the narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Perhaps the weak, flaccid wretch had some stimulant in her pale life to keep her up—some love or hope, it might be, or urgent need. When that stimulant was gone, she would take to” what?

2. What is the name of the overseer that comes with the visiting men to the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. Who throws Deborah money as the visiting men at the mill depart in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

4. How long has Deborah stood at the spools at her job in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

5. 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?

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