The House That Jane Built

After a trip when she was six years old, Jane vowed to one day---.

• give "gobs of money" to help those in need in the city

• make her city "a beautiful garden" in which everyone wanted to live

• live "right in the midst of horrid little houses" and fix the world

• use "every minute of every day" to help little children

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CCSS.RL.2.6

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When they were young, what did Jane and her stepbrother George do?

• They sneaked away at night to explore in nearby caves

• They often gave their allowances to area charities.

• They played whose families were poor.

• They used scrap materials to build a tree fort.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

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When Jane went to Rockford Female Seminary, what did she do?

• She began to study nursing.

• She graduated at the top of her class.

• She attended a at which she met the man she would eventually marry.

• She left after a teacher said she had "too strong a spirit" for the school.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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What happened the summer that Jane finished her schooling?

• Her family lost most of their money.

• Her father died.

• She became very ill.

• She got a job at a hospital.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

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What did Jane see in London that she couldn't forget?

• little girls crying in an alley waiting for their mother while she worked

• a boy in dirty clothing standing on a corner asking passersby for money

• people begging a cart vendor to buy spoiled food that hadn't sold at market

• children and animals sharing food from a garbage bin outside a restaurant

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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When she returned to London, what did Jane learn about Toynbee Hall?

• People paid rent when they could afford it.

• Rich people worked and lived there, in the same neighborhood as the needy.

• Residents spun wool there and sold clothing to earn money.

• Free hospital care was offered there to anyone in need of it.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

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What was true of the perfect house Jane found for the settlement house?

• It's roof collapsed, and it needed a lot of work to make it livable.

• A high security fence surrounded it.

• It had big rooms, high ceilings and marble fireplaces.

• Several families were already sharing the house.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

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CCSS.RL.4.2

After her first night at Hull House, Jane decided to---.

• leave the doors unlocked so people would know that they could come in at any time

• Send children out into the neighborhood to talk about the settlement house

• convert the carriage house into a chapel

• place food and water on the front porch to encourage people to visit

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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After a man entered the house looking for things to steal, what did Jane do?

• She handed him two candlesticks and told him stealing wasn't respectable.

• She gave him the name of a friend who needed a gardener.

• She told him to report back the next morning, and she gave him a job.

• She started a job board at Hull House.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What became of the lot Jane talked a wealthy man into giving her?

• Trees and grass were planted on it.

• A daycare center was built on it.

• It became a shared vegetable garden.

• It turned into a playground.

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