The House that Jane built.

Why would a healthy, young woman move into the middle of one of the filthiest, poorest parts of town?

• She wanted to show off her wealth

• There were no homes available in the high class part of the city

• She wanted to live "right in the midst of horrid little houses" and find a way to fix the world.

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Jane's father did not believe women should be educated.

• True

• False

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When Jane traveled to Europe, what did she see that she couldn't forget?

• The King and Queen

• People in ragged clothes with their hands out begging for vendors to buy their leftover, rotten fruit.

• People riding horses in the streets through town

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What was the idea of Toynbee Hall?

• To keep the poor away from the rich communities

• To have the rich and poor in the same community and learning from each other.

• To have a place to feed and clothe the poor where the rich didn't have to see or have any dealings with them.

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What did Jane do after her visit to Toynbee Hall?

• She raced home and told her friend Ellen about her plan to build a settlement house in Chicago.

• She raced home and gathered things to donate to Toynbee Hall

• She raced home and started cleaning her house and then showering after seeing all the poor people.

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What are immigrants?

• People who are born in the United States?

• People who are poor

• People who came to the U.S. from other countries for a better life.

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Where did Jane find a house to make as a Settlement House?

• The best neighborhood of Chicago

• The worst neighborhood of Chicago

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Why did Jane leave Hull House unlocked?

• So that people would know they could come in at anytime and be fed, clothed, and get back on their feet.

• To let people destroy the house

• To let people steal everything

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When Jane caught a man trying to escape through a window after trying to find something to steal, what did Jane do?

• Sent for the police

• Screamed for help

• Told him to come back in the morning, and when he came the next morning she offered him a job.

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What did Jane's friends tease her about?

• Helping the poor

• Spending her own money to run Hull House and refusing to be paid to work there and giving away any gifts she had received.

• For living there and dressing like the poor.

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