Triangle Factory Fire Quiz

What does the following passage mainly reveal about the workers’ reaction to the fire (paragraph 6)?

• They hoped the company would give them a raise.

• They remained calm and quiet in the face of danger.

• They worked together to extinguish the fire.

• They panicked, causing a stampede which blocked the stairs.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following inferences about the elevator operators is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 4)?

• The elevator operators perished in the fire.

• The elevator operators refused to help the workers escape.

• The elevator operators were brave.

• The elevator operators saved all of the employees.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is the most closely the meaning of the word doomed as it is used in this passage from the text (paragraph 9)?

• It means a very bad situation that cannot be avoided.

• It means the workers were very lucky people.

• It means the workers had to run away.

• It means you are a factory employee.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which statement about the Triangle Fire victims is best supported by the excerpt?

• They were probably responsible for starting the fire.

• Many of the girls chose to jump from the windows.

• The victims were ignored by the media, because fires were common during this time.

• Many of them continued working even after the building was engulfed in flames.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which sentence from the text best supports the answer to the last question?

• “Officers, fearing their men would be struck by falling bodies, ordered the nets removed.”

• “We will never know for sure what started the Triangle Fire.”

• The Triangle Fire was New York’s worst workplace disaster up to that time.”

• "Yet nothing they did could save those at the windows.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which of these inferences is best supported by the text?

• The factory owners probably set the fire to collect the insurance money.

• The firefighters did not try very hard to rescue people, because so many of the victims were women.

• The owners of the factory made the workplace unsafe because they locked the doors, trapping the workers inside.

• The fire department was adequately prepared for a large-scale disaster, but by the time they arrived the fire had already been extinguished.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which excerpt from the text most strongly supports the answer to the previous question?

• “We will never know for sure what started the Triangle Fire.”

• “Those who reached the ninth-floor stairway door found it locked. This was not unusual, as employers often locked doors to discourage latecomers and keep out union organizers.”

• “In less than two minutes, the horse-drawn vehicles of Engine Company 72 arrived from a firehouse six blocks away.”

• “Hoping to catch jumpers before they hit the ground, firefighters held up life nets, sturdy ten-foot-square nets made of rope.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1