Lyddie Chapter 9-10 Questions

What is Lyddie’s first impression of the weaving room?

• The large room reminded Lyddie of the Stevenses’ barn, and the girls were like sheep.

• Lyddie thought that the girls who worked there seemed afraid and unhappy.

• Lyddie thought the fast-moving, loud machinery was worse than a hundred stagecoaches banging around inside her head, and the air was a murky soup of dust and lint.

• Lyddie liked the wide windows that let in plenty of sunshine and fresh air.

Select two reasons that Lyddie’s roommates give her for not going see Diana in this chapter.

• Diana is pushing for shorter hours, which would mean less pay for all the girls.

• Lyddie should rest after her first day in the factory.

• Diana is a girl with a bad reputation who doesn’t go to church.

• Diana is a radical.

Based on text evidence, how do you think Diana felt about the other girls warning Lyddie about her?

• Diana felt the other girls were being very unfair to her.

• Diana felt angry at the other girls for judging her.

• Diana felt jealous that the other girls wanted to keep Lyddie as a friend for themselves and not let her be friends with Diana.

• Diana was aware of their warning but wasn’t bothered by it.

Which detail from the text best supports your conclusion to the last question?

(How do you think Diana felt about the other girls warning Lyddie about her?)

• “So you’ve been warned…Well, then, you will be. I’m a friend of Sarah Bagley’s.”

• “Our crime has been to speak out for better working conditions.”

• “I'm Diana Goss.” She must have noted a flicker of something in Lyddie's face, because she added, "The infamous Diana Goss," and dimpled into her lovely smile… “Why, then, should the operatives themselves fear us? It is, dear Lyddie, the nature of slavery to make the slave fear freedom.”

• “I think of the mill as my family. It gives me plenty of sisters to worry about.”

Select two ways that Diana helps Lyddie.

• Diana patiently shows Lyddie how to use the loom because Lyddie couldn't hear the overseer's instructions.

• Diana offered to pay the postage and mail the letters that Lyddie had written to her mother and brother.

• Diana helped Lyddie read the Corporation’s regulations in the broadside.

• Diana writes a letter to Lyddie’s mother and one to her brother to let them know where Lyddie is.

What is it about Diana that the girls do not like?

• Diana is a mean and spiteful person.

• Diana steals from other girls.

• Diana is a member of the Female Labor Reform Association.

• Diana never attends church.

What time do the girls have breakfast and go to work?

• They go to work at 4:30 a.m. and eat breakfast at 7 a.m.

• They eat breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and go to work at 8 a.m.

• They go to work at 5 a.m. and eat breakfast at 7 a.m.

• They eat breakfast at 5 a.m. and go to work at 7 a.m.

Why couldn’t Lyddie breathe fresh air in the weaving room? Select ALL correct answers.

• Lint and dust filled the air in the weaving room.

• The window was nailed shut.

• The flowers in pots were taking in all the air in the room.

• The summer air was too humid, making it hard to breathe.

Select two things that Betsy has done for Lyddie.

• Betsy is teaching Lyddie to read.

• Betsy advised Lyddie to attend the Methodist church.

• Betsy advised Lyddie to go talk to Diana about improving working conditions.

• Betsy read aloud to Lyddie after her bad day.

How does Lyddie's first full day in the weaving room affect her?

• Lyddie is very tired, and her ears hurt from all the noise.

• Lyddie is physically and mentally exhausted.

• Lyddie is sick because of breathing in lint all day.

• Lyddie is sick because of the “kiss of death” from the loom.