FSA Practice Reading Test Questions 4-6

What does the phrase “destitute of friends” suggest in paragraph 7?

• that Ellen considers friends unimportant

• that the women may lose their friendships

• that the friendships the women make are strong

• that Ellen is concerned about her friends’ well-being

How is the narrator’s point of view different from Ellen’s?

• The narrator thinks that the work the women do in the mill is easy

• The narrator recognizes the benefits of living and working in Lowell.

• The narrator enjoys the sounds of mechanical equipment heard in

  the city.

• The narrator acknowledges that there is not enough time for leisure

  in Lowell.

Select the sentence from Passage 1 that supports the answer in Part A.

• “‘And so, Ellen,’ said I, ‘you think it unpleasant to rise so early in the

  morning, and be confined in the noisy mill so many hours in the day.’”

  (paragraph 6)

• “‘But we must not forget that there are advantages, as well as

  disadvantages, in this employment, as in every other.’” (paragraph 6)

• “‘All that is very true,’ replied Ellen, ‘but if we were to attend every

  public institution, and every evening school which offers itself for our

  improvement, we might spend every farthing of our earnings, and

  even more.’” (paragraph 7)

• “‘But then,’ said Ellen, ‘country people have none of the clattering of

  machinery constantly dinning in their ears.’” (paragraph 11)