In chapter 6,when Lyddie meets Ezekial Abernathy, she struggles with which internal conflict ?

Whether to turn him in for reward money or help keep him hidden

Whether to stay at her cabin through the winter or travel back to Cutler's Tavern

Why does the stagecoach driver call Lyddie " a little chip of Vermont granite "?

Lyddie is from Vermont and she is tough like a rock

Lyddie is hard-headed like a rock

Which of these choices is NOT one of the ways Mrs. Bedlow helped Lyddie?

She took Lyddie shopping for new clothes.

Mrs. Bedlow helped Lyddie get a job at the mill.

She took Lyddie to the mill on her first day of work.

Mrs. Bedlow showed Lyddie kindness and gave her a dollar for new clothes.

Which of these choices is NOT one of the requirements the girls must meet in order to work for the Concord Corporation?

They must attend night classes to learn reading and writing.

The girls must attend church regularly.

They must wear proper clothes and shoes.

The girls must be vaccinated for smallpox.

Which of the following more than likely does not represent a working condition of the Lowell Girls?

They received a comparable pay to live

They received work injuries due to exhausation

"What are you doing here?" She was looking Lyddie up and down as she asked, as though Lyddie were a stray dog who had wandered too close to her home. " What evidence can you draw from this excerpt to show that the woman is harsh?

She was looking Lyddie up and down.

As though Lyddie were a stray dog.

Who had wandered too close to her home.

"As it turned out, Mistress Cutler had provided her with a store rough calico brown. It was softer than her rough brown homespun, fit her much better, but somehow it seemed it suited her less. How could she enjoy the garment in her servitude?" What does this passage, and Lyddie's use of "servitude" tell us about her mental state.

She feels trapped and lonley, and more than anything wants to go home to her family. Servitude explains what she feels about her new duties.

She has so much stuff, and is grateful, but doesn't know what to do with it. She uses servitude to resresent her work, and she doesn't want to wear it then

She feels she doesn't deserve this dress because of how her family has split apart. Servitude describes that she feels trapped inside

She envies her family, and feels she is in the worst position out of everyone. Servitude represents how she longs to be in their positions, but can't

Which quote mostly shows Lyddie being determined?

"'I'm going to be a factory girl, Triphena...A person should walk to freedom..."'

"'No,' she said, and then louder to show authority, 'I'm mistress here."'

"'It's a lot of money,' he said gently.'I'd be tempted myself if I were you...but I won't,' she said fiercely"

She could hardly move in the kitchen, large as it was without tripping over the gangly legs of one of the men or having one block her path to the fireplace with a poker...but Lyddie didn't mind much. Their bodies were int he way of everything she did, but as they worked they talked, and the talk the talk was a welcome window into the world beyond the tavern. What can you infer about how Lyddie is feeling from the line, "a welcome window to the world beyond the tavern."

Lyddie likes looking out the window

Lyddie is nosy to listen to peoples conversations

Lyddie likes to talk to strangers

“Lyddie picked up the stool and moved to a corner of the room. She knew she was no beauty, never had been, but she was a fierce worker. She’d prove that to the woman. Should she offer to help now? But the cook was too busy moving the food from the fire to the long wooden table in the center of the room to pay her any mind. Lyddie scrunched her body into itself and tucked her bare feet under the low stool, fearful of seeming in the way. Would all the guests come in here to eat? And if so, where should she hide?” What type of conflict do you think Lyddie faced and why?

Man vs society Lyddie was fearful she would be judged due to her status by the people around her

Man vs self Lyddie was hungry and wanted to eat all the food

Man vs nature Lyddie considered the other people savages and wanted to avoid them

Man vs Man Lyddie feared the cook would criticize her for her actions and beliefs.

"And here I sit, sick and penniless, hiding for my life, totally dependent on the kindnesses of others for everything." By examing the passage, how can you tell this is a man v.s society conflict?

Ezekial feels secure and protected

Ch. 4: As Lyddie does her work at the tavern, she over hears the men say, money can be made by...

turning in her new calico dress.

Chapter 7: After Lyddie rescues the carriage from the mud, the driver...

takes her to his sister's boardinghouse.

tells her that she's good for nothing.

makes her pay extra for the ride.

Chapter 8: Mrs. Bedlow insists Lyddie buy new clothes, because...

the factory expects the girls to dress nicely.

she wants Lyddie to spend all her money.

Lyddie doesn't have enough clothes.

she doesn't want Lyddie's roommates to judge her.

Luke Stevens offers to help Lyddie into the wagon and to look after the farm while she's gone. Lyddie declines both of these offers. What does that show you about her character?

She is stubborn and does not like to accept help

What is the setting of chapter 8?

The Concord Cooperation in Lowell

Lyddie's mountain farm in Vermont

According to the text, "Lyddie was a farm girl. She took pride in her strength, but it took all her might to yank the metal lever into place."

This shows that factory work proved harder to Lyddie than her work at the farm.

This shows that work at the factory was easy for Lyddie because farm life prepared her.

This shows that farm work was easy for Lyddie since it gave her strength.

Diana Goss proves she is a friend to Lyddie because

she encourages Lyddie to write letters to her Mom and Charlie.

What does the word "beholden" mean?

Owing thanks to someone/ in someone's debt

Scared/afraid of someone or something

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

“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).

“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).

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

If someone is a "radical", they are:

A rebel - someone working for a change.

Someone with a really loud voice who talks too much.

Someone who is really good a skateboarding.

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

Lyddie 1-9

Authored by Christine Schmitt

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30 sec • 1 pt

What is the genre of Lyddie?

historical fiction

memoir

realistic fiction

non fiction

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Why did Lyddie have to go work at Cutler's Tavern?

she was tired of working the farm

she needed money

her mother sent her there to pay off the farm

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was Ezekiel?

the man who owned the farm

the neighbor who helped keep up the farm

owner of the Tavern

the runaway slave

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Lyddie give Ezekiel all her money?

she trusted him and he was running to freedom

he promised to pay her back

he was very poor

he had no way to buy food

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Lyddie decide to become a factory girl?

she was fired from the tavern

charlie needed money

she wanted to make more money to pay off the farm

she was ready to move to the city

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were some of the risks of working in the factory?

developing a cough

injury from a spindle flying off the loom

losing a finger in the loom

all of the above

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Which roommate helped teach Lyddie to read?

Betsy

Diana

Prudence

Brigid

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Lyddie 1-9

What is the genre of Lyddie?

Why did Lyddie have to go work at Cutler's Tavern?

Who was Ezekiel?

Why did Lyddie give Ezekiel all her money?

Why did Lyddie decide to become a factory girl?

What were some of the risks of working in the factory?

Which roommate helped teach Lyddie to read?

Order of events in the story.

Time and Place where story takes place.

any struggle between opposing forces.

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