1. What school was Rebecca Harding Davis sent to attend at the age of 14?
(a) Washington Female Seminary
(b) Anderson Miller Women’s School
(c) St. Jude Episcopal School for Girls
(d) St. Mary School for Young Women

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

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

4. Mrs. Palmer remembers when she wakes up in “Anne” that George Forbes is now what?
(a) A famous author
(b) An opera singer
(c) A sculpture artist
(d) A famous painter

5. What Greek goddess of love and beauty does the narrator describe a sculpture of in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Aphrodite
(b) Echo
(c) Achilles
(d) Athena

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Mrs. Palmer’s first name in “Anne”?

3. When was Rebecca Harding Davis born?

4. Who is the town physician who comes with the visiting men to the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

5. About how old does Mrs. Palmer appear when she looks in the mirror after awakening in “Anne”?

(see the answer key)

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