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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in the Iron Mills.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Hugh Wolfe’s face in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) A meek, woman’s face
(b) A sly and jovial young man’s face
(c) A round and glowing face
(d) A haggard face with slyness like a snake

2. Who throws Deborah money as the visiting men at the mill depart in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mr. Mitchell
(b) Mr. Kirby
(c) Mr. Clarke
(d) Mr. Wolfe

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

4. 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. Gibson
(c) Mr. Clarke
(d) Mr. Smith

5. Where does Deborah hide the money she’s stolen when Hugh falls asleep after they’ve arrived home from the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) In her jewelry box
(b) In Hugh’s pocket
(c) In the attic
(d) In her apron pocket

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mill-owner’s son’s reply in French when Dr. May asks him, “Have you many such hands as this? What are you going to do with them? Keep them at puddling iron?”

2. What is the name of the jailer in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. What Biblical figure, the son of Isaac, does the narrator denote having been deprived of his birthright in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

4. Christ is described in “Life in the Iron Mills” as having stood “with the fishermen and harlots by the sea of” what?

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

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