Unit 2 Bent 1 Complex Text Review: Life in Tenements

What is the main point made about tenements in the section Staying Healthy (page 16)?

• Due to lack of indoor plumbing, illnesses spread quickly.

• Once tenements had indoor plumbing, people stayed healthier and cleaner.

• The Lower East Side was hit by cholera epidemics.

What is the main purpose of the section Tenement Life (page 10-17)?

• To let the reader know that living in a tenement was harder than living anywhere else.

• To show the reader that fire was a constant worry for immigrants in tenements.

• To show the reader tenement life was full of struggles.

What detail from the section supports your answer for question #2?

• "People on the Lower East Side stayed outside a lot in warm weather. Adults talked on the stoop."

• "Fire was a constant worry for people living in tenements."

• :Cooking stoves burned coal. Coal is a rock that burns well."

Under which heading can the reader find information regarding ways immigrants entertained themselves?

• Going to school

• Work and Play

• Staying healthy

Which statement provides a summary of the book?

• The influx of immigrants in the early 1900s created a lack of housing in the Lower East Side creating a need for tenement buildings.

• Tenement buildings were often unsafe, dangerous, and crowded making lives difficult for immigrants who moved to America in the 1900s.

• The overpopulation of immigrants in the Lower East Side created many health and safety issues, however immigrants found methods to work, play, and improve their lives.

Which statement comparing the text structures used in the section Fire and heating (page 13) and the section Staying healthy (page 16) is correct?

• The sections both used cause and effect to explain ways the tenements were unsafe.

• The sections both use chronological order to explain how tenement life has changed over time.

• The sections both use compare and contrast to explain how the water and fire situations were the same and different.

Which detail supports the point that fire was a constant worry for people living in tenements?

• "The apartment buildings were made mostly of brick on the outside."

• "In summer tenements were too hot to stay inside."

• "But inside, they were made of wood. This could burn easy."

Why did people move to America?

• They wanted to live in big cities.

• They wanted to start a new life in a new land.

• They thought immigrant life would be exciting in a new land.

What types of games did children like to play on the Lower East Side?

• Games like baseball and Ring Around the Rosie.

• Games that involved balls like football and baseball.

• Games that could be played inside.

Where did you use the bathroom in a tenement?

• A shared bathroom at the end of the hall.

• A privy that was located outside the building.

• A bathroom in the apartment or flat.