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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the narrator use in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills” to refer to a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement?
(a) Maestro
(b) Diva
(c) Dilettante
(d) Debutante

2. By what nickname is Hugh Wolfe called in the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Big Bad Wolfe
(b) Grandma
(c) Molly Wolfe
(d) Old Wolfe

3. What does Mitchell refer to as “the cure for all the world’s diseases” in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Honor
(b) Justice
(c) Money
(d) Beauty

4. 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 sparrow
(b) A canary
(c) A parakeet
(d) A parrot

5. The church that Hugh enters on the night he decides to keep the money is described by the narrator of “Life in the Iron Mills” as what?
(a) An epic cathedral
(b) A Gregorian haunt
(c) A somber Gothic pile
(d) A medieval rapture

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

7. How does the narrator describe the weather in the opening of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Windy
(b) Sunny
(c) Cloudy
(d) Arid

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

9. What is the name of the judge that sentenced Hugh Wolfe in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Judge Carter
(b) Judge Anderson
(c) Judge Day
(d) Judge Williams

10. What is the name of the lawyer that the judge appoints to Hugh Wolfe in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mr. May
(b) Mr. Smith
(c) Mr. Clarke
(d) Mr. Gibson

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

12. What word does the narrator use to describe Hugh Wolfe’s infancy in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Liberated
(b) Joyful
(c) Starved
(d) Plentiful

13. What war caused Rebecca Harding Davis to set aside her writing for a time?
(a) The American Revolution
(b) The Korean War
(c) The U.S. Civil War
(d) The French and Indian War

14. What establishment does the narrator describe across the street when she looks out window in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) A barbershop
(b) A funeral parlor
(c) A tavern
(d) A grocer’s shop

15. When was Waiting for the Verdict published?
(a) 1898
(b) 1811
(c) 1839
(d) 1867

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rebecca Harding Davis’s eldest son who became a writer and journalist?

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

3. Rebecca Harding Davis was the eldest of how many children in her family?

4. What action is referenced in “Life in the Iron Mills” as “the peculiar action of a man dying of thirst”?

5. On what date did Rebecca Harding Davis die?

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