The Hope Chest Chapter 1 Questions

Who was the main character in The Hope Chest?

• Myrtle

• Violet

• Anne

• James

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CCSS.RL.4.1

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CCSS.W.4.9B

Why did Chloe run away from home?

• She got tired of all the housework

• She wanted to see the world

• She didn't want to get a job

• She didn't want to marry a man that her parents wanted for her

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is the reason that Violet runs away from home?

• Because of a virus

• She was kicked out

• To join the suffragists

• She went to go find Chloe

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CCSS.RL.4.1

Chloe is a suffragist. According to her letters, what kind of work do suffragists do?

• Fight sickness

• Fight to end the war

• Fight for women's right to vote

• Fight against using automobiles

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

Why did Mother hide her sister's letters?

• Mother didn't want Violet to be influenced by Chloe.

• Mother thought Chloe had bad grammar.

• Mother thought Chloe was getting rich.

• Mother thought that Chloe couldn't read.

Flossie, Violet's best friend

• died from the flu.

• got a bad case of the chicken pox.

• had polio.

• hated playing make believe.

Chloe's job was

• a public health nurse in the tenements.

• a custodian in a school house.

• a taxi driver in New York City.

• a teacher's assistant.

Chloe thought she and the others were given a placebo,

• which is fake medicine.

• which is a very powerful antibiotic.

• which is a poison.

• which is a type of anti-inflammatory pill.

Who are the Mr. R's?

• Two men who Father wanted Chloe to possibly marry.

• Social workers for the city of New York.

• Two custodians, who worked in the tenements.

• They were the land lords of the tenements.

Why did Violet and Flossie admire Nellie Bly?

• Nellie was a reporter during the war in Europe.

• Nellie Bly was a famous nurse during the war.

• Nellie was her best friend when she was little.

• Nellie was a famous actress during the war.