Downe DIY MCQ

The function of the first few lines of the letter (lines 1-5) might best be described as

• To describe to his wife his current job managing the factory

• To describe the farmers kind actions towards him as an emigrant new to America

• To describe the situation occurring in the factory as he takes over management

• To describe his secure life in america where he has housing and a job

In the first paragraph, the author’s anecdote about the farmer giving him a ride in the country (lines 5-13) primarily serves to

• To describe everyday life living as an emigrant in America

• To share the difference between the united states and England, she would be welcomed if she came

• To show if she came to the united states she would be welcomed and would work in a factory

• To show that no one person believes they are superior over another

The author’s reference to “servants [sitting] down at the same table with their masters” (lines 12-13) primarily serves to

• show that in America no one person believes they are superior over another 

• Share the foods that they could have together and eat as a community 

• describe how the servants can enjoy the fruits of their own exertions

• show the complete equality between servants and masters

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CCSS.RL.8.3

The author’s list of specific prices for goods (lines 16-19) primarily serves to

• Exhort the audience’s negative dietary regime

• Contrasting national to local food prices and options 

• Contrasting england's higher priced and more scarce food market

• Emphasize the need for audience to draw back on food consumption

In lines 20-26, the author describes the abundance of resources in America by elaborating on

• The  multitude of different animals

• The disgust the author expresses for the locations dead animals may be sold

• The availability of meat throughout the country

• The convenience of having local access to meat

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The author’s anecdote about “1000 emigrants” arriving the day after he landed (lines 32-33) primarily serves to

• Persuade his family that America is overpopulated

• Persuade his family to move to America

• Persuade his family that there is an excess of land

• Persuade the country that there is an excess of immigrants

In the first half of the second paragraph (lines 36-43), the author makes which of the following claims about his decision to come to America?

• The author believes that his family should not come to America due to lack of money. 

• The author affirms that it is essential for his family to join him in America because they will no longer be poverty stricken 

• The author is eager to see his family and pleads for them to join him in America because of his immediate wealth. 

• The author wants to take his family to go to New York for vacation 

The italicized line in the second paragraph (“I would rather cross the Atlantic ten times than hear my children cry for victuals once.”) primarily serves to

• Exemplify that no matter how difficult crossing the Atlantic was, he had no other choice but to leave to find a more stable income for his family

• Hear the pleading of his children for food. 

• Shows that although crossing the Atlantic was a challenge, he is happy he left and that his children now have food

• Prove that crossing the Atlantic was easy and he would do it again 

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CCSS.RL.8.3

The author’s use of understatement at the final sentence of the second paragraph (“You will find a few inconveniences in crossing the Atlantic, but it will not be long”) primarily serves to

• It is not worth the long journey to America, and their problems will only continue to get worse as their new life begins.

• Warn his wife about the dangers that come with immigrating to America. 

• Demands that his wife and children stay in England due to the risks and dangers of crossing the Atlantic. 

• Illustrate that their travels come with obstacles, but as soon as they reach America, their problems shall vanish. 

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In the penultimate paragraph (lines 52-62), the author makes which of the following claims about America?

• Life in America wouldn’t be dissimilar from his family’s current circumstance in England. 

• America is a merit-based society, free from the shackles of aristocracy.

• Popular sovereignty exists for all men, making all socio-economically equal.

• Women are allowed the same equalities as men