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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wife's Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) School-learning
(b) Old money
(c) Secrecy and politeness
(d) Politics and corruption

2. How many centuries ago does the narrator describe Christ rising up from the people in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 15
(b) 10
(c) 18
(d) 16

3. The mill-owner’s son tells his companions in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “If I had the making of men, these men who do the lowest part of the world’s work should be” what?
(a) Slaves
(b) Put out of their misery
(c) Machines
(d) Robots

4. 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?
(a) 4 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 10 years

5. The character called Mitchell in “Life in the Iron Mills” is said to be an amateur what?
(a) Hypnotist
(b) Opera singer
(c) Comedian
(d) Gymnast

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s name in “The Wife’s Story”?

2. 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?

3. 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”?

4. Rebecca Harding Davis is credited with over how many published works?

5. What is the name of the narrator’s husband in “The Wife’s Story”?

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