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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anne.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christ is described in “Life in the Iron Mills” as having stood “with the fishermen and harlots by the sea of” what?
(a) Asia
(b) Islam
(c) Judea
(d) Galilee

2. When was Rebecca Harding Davis born?
(a) 1831
(b) 1911
(c) 1865
(d) 1916

3. The narrator states in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills,” “The idiosyncrasy of this town is” what?
(a) Smoke
(b) Paint
(c) Sunshine
(d) Cleanliness

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

5. How many years in jail is Deborah sentenced in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 18
(b) 10
(c) 3
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

1. By what pet name does the narrator recall her husband fondly calling her when they first married in “The Wife’s Story”?

2. How many centuries ago does the narrator describe Christ rising up from the people in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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

4. What is the name of the narrator’s husband’s old nag that she can hear neighing in the stables in “The Wife’s Story”?

5. Where do the narrator and her husband live before they move in “The Wife’s Story”?

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