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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Deborah begin to eat for dinner after returning from the cotton mill in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
2. The mill where Hugh Wolfe works makes iron for what in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
3. What kind of tobacco does the narrator describe the drunken Irishmen puffing on in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
4. Who was the publisher that accepted “Life in the Iron Mills” immediately and began a long friendship with Rebecca Harding Davis?
5. When Hugh decides to keep the money in “Life in the Iron Mills,” he realizes of his watch at the mill, “He need not go, need never go again, thank God! – shaking off the thought with” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who are the visitors that come to the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”? Where do they go when they arrive?
2. When did Rebecca Harding Davis write “Life in the Iron Mills”? Who published it?
3. How does the setting of “Life in the Iron Mills” relate metaphorically to the story’s main characters?
4. What realization does Hugh have after his interaction with the visitors at the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”? What does he do next?
5. How is the character of Janey described in “Life in the Iron Mills”? What is Janey’s relationship to the other characters?
6. How would you describe the setting of “Life in the Iron Mills”? What tone is established through the story’s setting?
7. How would you describe the author’s use of dialogue in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
8. What does Hugh look down on from his prison window at in “Life in the Iron Mills”? What does this scene make him realize?
9. What does the korl woman in “Life in the Iron Mills” represent symbolically?
10. What is Deb doing when her character is first introduced in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine and discuss Deborah’s feelings of jealousy over Janey in the “Life in the Iron Mills.” What is the relationship like between these characters? Why does Deb feel resentment toward Janey? How is Janey described?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Haley in “Life in the Iron Mills.” How does Haley feel about Hugh and Deb? Why does Haley say Hugh is wearing leg shackles? How does Haley describe Hugh’s escape attempts?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the trial and sentencing of Hugh Wolfe in the narrative. Why did Hugh refuse a lawyer? Who was appointed to represent him? Do you think this lawyer did an adequate job? Why or why not?
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