The Hope Chest: Quiz chapters 1-6

1. Why is Chloe writing letters instead of having conversations with her sister?

• She is unable to talk.

• She was thrown out of her house by her parents.

• During this time they can not make phone calls, so letters are their only way to communicate.

2. The setting of this story is __________.

• A modern story.

• In the future.

• In the past.

3. How do most men view women and girls in this story?

• Women are inferior to men and shouldn't be allowed the same rights.

• Men think women should be independent and make their own choices

• Men think women have equal rights.

4. What is the Hope Chest?

• Chloe's car (she bought it with the money she was given for a wooden hope chest)

• A wooden box meant to keep items a woman needed for her home when she married.

• An idea that one has about being hopeful for your future.

Answer explanation

During the 1900s, young girls were gifted their very own Hope Chest. Chloe, chooses to spend her money on something that represents HOPE to her!

5. This book is historical fiction. What makes a book this genre?

• Short stories or novels that describe made up events and people.

• Factual information about a specific time period; facts about historical events that really took place.

• Fictional stories based on facts, real events, and real people from history.

6. Violet says she is through with her Mother and Father’s rules. What does she decide to do about it?

• Escape to the Susquehanna River once a day, so she does not have to spend time with them.

• Run away from home to find her sister, Chloe.

• Read her letters from her sister every chance she gets, even though her parents forbid it.

7. On page 24, Mrs. Renwick says that young ladies “should not travel unaccompanied on the train.”

What does unaccompanied mean?

• To go somewhere with a chaperone.

• To go somewhere without a chaperone.

8. What does the underlined word mean in the below quotation?

“My aren’t you an ambitious little chick.” (page 29)

• rude and having poor manners

• showing a desire to succeed

• unintelligent

9. How would you describe the streets of New York?

Use two details from the text to support your answer.

_________ and _________

• clean and cheerful

• dirty and dangerous

• safe and fun

10. On page 39, Violet describes how she is similar to Myrtle.

“But they were both caged in by other people’s plans for them,

with no hope of escape.”

What do you think this sentence means?

• The girls were both being forced to be maids, even though they hated the idea of it.

• The girls were unable to make their own decisions, and were forced into lives they did not want.