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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 kind of bird does the narrator describe chirping desolately beside her in a cage in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) A parrot
(b) A sparrow
(c) A canary
(d) A parakeet

2. What is the name of the overseer that comes with the visiting men to the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mr. Clarke
(b) Mr. Kirk
(c) Mr. Wolfe
(d) Mr. Mitchell

3. The woman who stays behind at the jail after Hugh’s suicide is described as a Quaker or what, “as they call themselves” in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Pointer
(b) Follower
(c) Friend
(d) Believer

4. What sentence does Hugh Wolfe receive in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 5 years hard labor
(b) 19 years hard labor
(c) 2 years parole
(d) 3 years solitary confinement

5. What word does the narrator use to refer to a nickname in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Sobriquet
(b) Handle
(c) Mariner
(d) Moniker

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to describe Hugh Wolfe’s infancy in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

2. The narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “About this man Mitchell hung the impalpable atmosphere belonging to the” what?

3. What war caused Rebecca Harding Davis to set aside her writing for a time?

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. How many votes does the mill-owner’s son say his father brought to the polls for his candidate last November in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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