"Mother Jones" Comprehension Quiz

Mother Jones real name is

• Mary Jay

• Mary Harris

• Marianna Joanne

• Fanny May

Mother Jones worked as a

• doctor

• lawyer

• store keeper

• dressmaker and teacher

Choose the direct quote that best proves that Mother Jones was concerned for the safety of the children.

• "I love children."
• "Images of the child workers Mother Jones had seen stayed with her-the torn, bleeding fingers of the breaker boys, the mill shildren living on coffee and stale bread."
• "She had tied the shoes of children, wiped their noses, hugged them while the cried, scrambled to find food for them, fought for their rights.
• Mother Jones met more of the mill children

Choose the direct quote that best proves the children were working in unsafe environments.

• "About one hundred thousand workers were on strike."
• Nationwide, 80,000 children worked in the textile industry."
• "Barefooted little children reached their tiny hands into the treacherous machinery to repair snapped threads."
• "The temperatures rose into the 90s in the mills."

Mother Jones needed publicity to help her gain the attention of the president.

• True
• False

What happened when Mother Jones met with the President?

• He changed all the laws to protect children.
• He had her sent out to jail for bothering him.
• Mother Jones was never able to meet the president.
• He hired her to be in charge of protecting children and their working environment.

What did Mother Jones do before starting to fight for human rights?

• She was a teacher.
• She was a lawyer.
• She was a mother.
• She worked for the government.

Why did the president not meet with Mother Jones?

• He did not care.
• He did not know about it.
• He did not like Mother Jones.
• He believed that individual states should choose how to deal with child labor.

What was the result of Mother Jones' attempt to change child labor laws?

• She changed it right after she met with the president.
• She kept fighting and within 5 years saw the child labor laws changed to protect children. 
• It took 35 years for the federal government to pass child labor laws.
• Child labor laws never were enforced.

The purpose of the march was to persuade parents to send their children back to school

• True
• False.