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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what time does Deborah return home from the cotton mill in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) 3:00
(b) 10:00
(c) 1:00
(d) 11:00

3. Where do Deborah’s coworkers tell her there a ball tonight in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Miss Boyle’s
(b) Miss Sarah’s
(c) Miss Andrews’
(d) Miss Potts’

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

5. 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) Lowest class
(c) Royal classes
(d) Undercover policeman

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tobacco does the narrator describe the drunken Irishmen puffing on in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

2. How many years in jail is Deborah sentenced in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. What does the narrator of “Anne” say that Anne had “ever since she was a baby, and felt it as she did her blood from her feet to her head, and triumphed and was happy in it”?

4. How many votes does the mill-owner’s son say his father brought to the polls for his candidate last November in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

5. The woman who stays behind at the jail after Hugh’s suicide is described as a Quaker or what, “as they call themselves” in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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