10 days in a mad house

Nellie bly pretends to be crazy because she wants to go to the insane asylum to ...

• help her friend escape

• Write an undercover article on the conditions of the asylum

• Find her mother

• Have a vacation away from her husband and kids

Who takes Nellie to the courthouse with Mrs. Standard

• Judge Duffy

• The head matron of the boarding house

• Officer Bockert

• another reporter

Mrs. Standard is the ...

• nurse at the insane asylum

• Nellie’s ain’t

• Nellie coworker who is on the plan

• the assistant matron at the boarding house Nellie stayed at the night before

Mrs. Standard is the ...

• nurse at the insane asylum

• Nellie’s ain’t

• Nellie coworker who is on the plan

• the assistant matron at the boarding house Nellie stayed at the night before

children on the battery say that Nellie is a “ daisy “ . what do they mean ?

• that Nellie smells nice

• That Nellie Is tall

• That Nellie is pretty

• That Nellie is a criminal

why Is Nellie frustrated with Mrs.Standard at the end of the passage ?

• Mrs. Standard is trying to keep her from going

• she is forcing her to go to jail

• She is trying to torture her

• She is making it seem like she knows she is not insane

what does the phrase “ ferret out “ mean in the passage ?

• Solve

• Believe

• Create

• Justify

Mrs. Standard feels ____ while she is in the courthouse ?

• joyful

• Anxious

• Calm

• Victorious

What does the word incredolous mean

• unbelieving

• True

• Fast

• Short