Mother Jones Comprehension Check

What MAINLY does the author say was Mother Jones's greatest ability?

• Raising money for her planned march.

• Speaking to audiences about her cause.

• Making friends with powerful businessmen.

• Convincing children to fight for their rights.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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CCSS.RL.7.2

What is MOST LIKELY the author's purpose for including paragraph 4 in the excerpt?

• To point out how skilled the children were at the jobs they held in the factories.

• To emphasize the porr pay that the children received for the hours they worked.

• To encourage children to be more careful when working with powerful machinery.

• To show the effect that factory jobs had on the health and wellness of child workers.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which sentences from the excerpt MOST CLOSELY shows Mother Jones's effort to obtain sympathy for child workers?

• "Well, I've got stock in these little children," she said, "and I'll arrange a little publicity."

• "Philadelphia's mansions were built on the broken bones, the quivering hearts, and drooping heads of these children," she said."

• "Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit."

• "Here's a textbook on economics."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What inference about President Theodore Roosevelt is BEST supported by the text?

• He thinks Mother Jones should run for an official office so she will have a platform to influence change in the textile industry.

• He considers the concerns of business owners of the factories more valid than the concerns of child workers.

• He encourages Mother Jones to march even though he must hide his support for her from his voters.

• He believes the power to resolve child labor resides with states rather than the federal government.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

From the author's point of view, was Mother Jones's march MOST LIKELY a success or a failure?

• A success, because she brought national attention to unsafe child labor conditions in factories.

• A failure, because President Theodore Roosevelt refused to meet with her and the children.

• A success, because she was able to persuade the federal government to pass an immediate law against child labor.

• A failure, because there were only three children that continued to the final destination of the march.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which evidence MOST STRONGLY supports your answer to #5 that it was a success?

• "The president would not see them."

• "In early August, Mother Jones finally took the last three children home."

• "Though she did not meet with the president, Mother Jones had drawn the attention of the nation to the problem of child labor."

• "The federal government finally passed a child labor law (part of the Fair Labor Standards Act) in 1938--thirty-five years after the march of the mill children."

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

How did Mother Jones BEST draw a connection between the children who work in the factories and the people that live in the cities, according to the excerpt?

• She explains there are laws that can charge a fee to people in the community when children are injured in factory jobs.

• She writes a public letter to the president to remind him that the children who work in the factories are just like his children.

• She explains how the possessions that people enjoy are made in factories by children who work long hours under poor conditions.

• She explains that the federal government can force any child to work in a factory whether the child is from a poor or wealthy family.

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which paragraph from the excerpt MOST STRONGLY supports the answer to Question 7 (how she draws a connection between the children in factories and people in the city)?

• Paragraph 5

• Paragraph 9

• Paragraph 20

• Paragraph 25

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following statements DO NOT prove how Mother Jones influences people to support child labor laws.

• She lead a strike at a textile factory to help close it down.

• She pointed out that a law had been created to protect a songbird, but not a child.

• She put on plays to educate people about child labor.

• She dressed children as Revolutionary War soldiers to emphasize their struggle for rights.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1