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Down: Part One

1. What does Lila Mae Watson do for a living?
(a) She is a reporter for Lift Magazine.
(b) She is an elevator inspector for the city.
(c) She is an investigator for the Elevator Institute.
(d) She is an elevator operator.

2. What is significant about Lila Mae's status as a black woman in her occupation?
(a) She is both the first woman and the first person of color to hold the job.
(b) She is the second person of color and the first woman.
(c) She is the second woman to hold the job and the first person of color.
(d) She is one of many women and people of color to hold the job.

3. How does Lila Mae determine what is wrong with the elevators she inspects?
(a) She waits for them to fail and examines the wreckage.
(b) She gets on them and intuits their malfunctions.
(c) She takes careful measurements and compares them to documented standards.
(d) She relies on more experienced inspectors to help her out.

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