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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Biographical Interpretation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Waiting for the Verdict is a novel about what?
(a) The Spanish Inquisition
(b) The Oklahoma Dust Bowl
(c) The Mexican American War
(d) Pre-Civil War racial tensions

3. From whom did Deborah presumably steal the money in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mr. Kirby
(b) Dr. May
(c) Mr. Mitchell
(d) Mr. Wolfe

4. What is the name of Rebecca Harding Davis’s eldest son who became a writer and journalist?
(a) John Harding Davis
(b) James Harding Davis
(c) Richard Harding Davis
(d) Peter Harding Davis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in “Life in the Iron Mills” refers to a side of cured pork?

2. The narrator describes Hugh Wolfe as a furnace-tender at one of whose rolling-mills in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. 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?

4. Hugh’s legs are describes as being ironed because he made how many attempts at escape from jail in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

5. Rebecca Harding Davis supported her young family by working as an editor for what publication?

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