Lyddie Test Review

What does the word "beholden" mean?

• Owing thanks to someone/ in someone's debt

• Scared/afraid of someone or something

• to be married to someone

• to be lonely

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which quote best demonstrates Lyddie's reluctance to be "beholden"?

• “Creation! What a noise! Clatter and clack, great shuddering moans, groans, creaks, and rattles. The shrieks and whistles of huge leather belts on wheels. And when her brain cleared enough, Lyddie saw through the murky air row upon row of machines, eerily like the old hand loom in Quaker Stevens’s house, but as unlike as a nightmare, for these creatures had come to life” (62)

• “So it was that when the Concord Corporation once again speeded up the machinery, she, almost alone, did not complain” (89).

• “Luke Stevens tied the horse and cow to the back of the wagon and then came around to give Lyddie a hand up, but she pretended not to see. She couldn’t have the man thinking she was a child or a helpless female” (15).

• “Sometimes I’d sell my soul for a moment of quiet, wouldn’t you?” (69

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which book does Lyddie read obsessively?

• Huckleberry Finn

• The Fault in Our Stars

• Oliver Twist

• Jane Eyre

How does reading novels help Lyddie improve her life?

• She becomes less lonely.

• She becomes a nicer person.

• She becomes a harder worker.

• She becomes a better writer.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

If someone is a "radical", they are:

• Someone with a really loud voice who talks too much.

• A rebel - someone working for a change.

• Someone who is really good a skateboarding.

• Someone who is hard working and makes a lot of money.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

When someone in Lyddie is fired, they can be "blacklisted". What does "blacklisted" mean?

• Placed on a list of people who are disapproved of.

• Made to work as slaves in another factory.

• Honorably discharged from working.

• Forced to leave the country.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Why doesn't Lyddie want to sign the petition?

• Because Lyddie doesn't want to be blacklisted.

• Because Lyddie doesn't want people to think that she's a radical.

• Because Lyddie needs the extra hours to make extra money.

• Because Lyddie thinks petitions are dumb.

In chapter 13, Lyddie says she feels like she has to justify herself to the other girls.

This means

• pay for the cost of something.

• give an acceptable explanation

• Become a hero

• make herself look bad

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Betsy says that she wants to sign the petition as an act of defiance. What does the word "defiance" mean?

• to act in an evil way - to cause problem.

• Determined - never giving up.

• lack of respect.

• behavior that shows refusal to do what you’re told.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Why does Lyddie feel a bond with Ezekial?

• They both feel trapped and desire freedom

• They are both religious

• They both have a brother named Charlie

• They are both young kids

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.9A