Lyddie Chapters 13-16

How does the factory speed-up in Chapter 13 affect Lyddie?

• She is mentally and physically exhausted.
• She is worried abut Betsy.
• She eats more to keep up her energy.
• She works harder so Mr. Marsden can win a prize.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which piece of textual evidence supports that Lyddie is mentally and physically exhausted?

• "She ate the food set before her."
• "She did not want Betsy to go."
• "She was too tired at night now to copy out a page of Oliver to paste to her loom."
• "The harder we work, the bigger prize they get."

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

"She wanted to explain to them--to justify herself."  What does the word justify mean?

• to administer justice to someone
• to prove or show to be right
• to adjust or arrange exactly
• to laugh at oneself

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentence from the novel supports the idea that Lyddie is just as ambitious and motivated to work after her accident with the loom shuttle as she was before the accident?

• "I-I've come to hate factory life. Oh Betsy, I hate what it's doing to me."
• "She thought about her family-suppose that cussed shuttle had killed her or out out her eye?"
• "Dr.Craven had cut her hair away from the wound and bound her head in a proper bandage, but she took it off. She was going back to work the next day."
• "I've been through winter before,' said Amelia. 'It's not the season.' She sighed again more deeply than before. 'I'm tired, Betsy. I can't keep up the pace.' 'Who can?' Except our Amazonian Lyddie?' Betsy's laugh turned abruptly into a cough.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which passage from chapter 14 illustrates Lyddie's frustration while training Brigid, the new girl in the factory?

• "With her scissors, she cut two threads from a bobbin and, taking the girl to the window where the light was best, Lyddie wasted at least five precious minutes tying and retying the useless knot until, finally, the girl was able, however clumsily, to tie a lumpy knot."
• "The new girl, Brigid, was from the Acre- an Irish papist through and through, wearing layers of strange capes and smelling even worse than Lyddie herself."
• "As for tying knots, a basic weaver's knot, Brigid simply couldn't do them."
• "Lyddie demonstrated--her powdered fingers pinching, looping, slipping, pulling..."

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why does Betsy leave the mill in chapter 14?

• Betsy was fired and blacklisted for signing the labor petition.
• Betsy is forced to leave because of her poor health.
• Betsy met a man and is going to get married.
• Betsy and Amelia can no longer get along with each other.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does Luke bring to Lyddie in chapter 14?

• a Bible
• a new dress
• a letter and money from Ezekial
• a letter from Lyddie's mother

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How do Uncle Judah's plans for Lyddie's farm affect the plot of the story?

• Judah's plans to pay off the farm will make it possible for Lyddie and her family to reunite.
• Judah's plans to continue renting the farm to others will postpone Lyddie's return to the farm.
• Judah's plans to sell the farm will make it very difficult, or impossible, to reclaim the farm.
• Judah's plans to tear down Lyddie's cabin to build a windmill will leave Lyddie and her family without a home to return to.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Clarissa and Judah's decision to return Rachel to Lyddie even though it will be difficult for Lyddie to take care of her is mostly and example of...

• setting affecting characters
• characters affecting characters
• setting affecting the plot
• plot affecting the setting

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Read the following passage about Rachel coming to live with Lyddie at the boarding house.
"Mrs. Bedlow looked doubtful, but she didn't say no.  She just sighed and started to peel again..."
What does this passage reveal about Mrs. Bedlow's personality?

• she is tolerant and sympathetic
• she always obeys the rules
• she is confused and angry
• she is cold and uncaring

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3