U5W1 The House that Jane Built Test Review

How can the reader tell "The House that Jane Built is a biography?

• It tells real information with facts about a person, place or event

• it is written in lines and stanzas

• It tells a story about the life of a real person and is written by another person

What was the idea of Toynbee Hall?

• to keep the poor away from the rich communities

• to have the rich and poor in the same community and learning from each other.

• to have a place to feed and clothe the poor where the rich didn't have to deal with them.

Why would a healthy young woman move into the middle of one of the poorest parts of town?

• there were no homes available in the high class part of the city

• she wanted to live "right in the middle of horrid little houses" and find a way to fix the world

• she wanted to live close to her friends.

True or False: Jane's father did not believe womenshould be educated

• True

• False

What is the theme (what is the author trying to teach you) of the story?

• money can solve all problems

• determination and hard work pays off

• it's better to give up and solve problems.

to persuade or cause someone to believe

• community

• donate

• convince

changed or made very different

• transformed

• generous

• community

give as a way to help others

• donate

• generous

• convince

being giving or kind toward others

• donate

• community

• generous

a group of people living in the same area

• community

• transformed

• comvince