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WorksheetsMission 4: City of Immigrants Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Officers were checking the people as they arrived at Ellis Island. What were they looking for?
a)
Immigrants from undesirable countries
b)
Anarchists and criminals
c)
The health of passengers
d)
Ensuring immigrants spoke English
2.
Which statement is NOT true about Isaac and his wife, Sonya?
a)
They are Russian Jews
b)
Isaac is a peddler, selling from his cart.
c)
Sonya is pregnant and is having complications.
d)
Isaac and Sonya are upper middle class Americans.
3.
What is a ledger?
a)
A cart used to sell random items
b)
Yiddish word for a properly prepared meat product.
c)
A place where clothing items are made quickly for little money.
d)
A book that keeps all family/business financial records.
4.
Who was Lena's best friend and where was her family from?
a)
Rosa / Italy
b)
Mr. Pickles / Greece
c)
Isabella / Germany
d)
Sarah / Denmark
5.
What was Lena's single motivation for making money for herself?
a)
She wanted to rescue her parents that lived in Minsk
b)
She wanted to be able to wear American fashions
c)
She wanted a place of her own.
d)
She wanted to ride the streetcar and not walk to work everyday.
6.
What activity was NOT offered at the settlement house?
a)
Practicing for a play
b)
Learning English
c)
Gambling card games
d)
Practicing sewing
7.
Why was Lena so alarmed that $50 was gone from the bank account?
a)
The bank was taking advantage of a family that didn't speak English.
b)
Isaac had not told anyone that he had made the withdrawal
c)
She thought she had lost the money and she would be blamed for it.
d)
The money was supposed to be used to bring her brother to America.
8.
How did the workers support themselves while they were on strike?
a)
The union had a strike fund that gave money to people on strike.
b)
They didn't. They went broke.
c)
They leaned upon their families to lend them money to survive.
d)
They would sneak into their workplaces and make double the money.
9.
Which was NOT a rule the picketers had to follow?
a)
Don't walk in groups of more than two or three.
b)
Don't call anyone a scab or use abusive language.
c)
Don't touch anyone or keep them from walking.
d)
The only form of protest that was permitted was singing.
10.
Which statement is NOT true about Zev?
a)
He was willing to buy a camera from Nora to get a date.
b)
He was a strike breaker, sneaking girls into work around picket line.
c)
He was Isaac's son and helped at the Barovsky store
d)
He tried to help Nora when she got lost in Manhattan after losing Isaac.
11.
How much did Lena make per week at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory as an operator?
a)
$5
b)
$10
c)
$15
d)
$20
12.
Which is NOT a reason why Lena almost never bring home a full paycheck?
a)
Money lost for poor sewing.
b)
An hour's wage taken for being late 5 minutes.
c)
Money lost for taking bathroom breaks too long
d)
Money was taken for riding the elevator versus using the stairs.
13.
What happened to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on Saturday, March 25th, 1911?
a)
The factory had to shut down because of the length of the Women's Strike.
b)
A fire killed 145 workers trapped on the 8th and 9th floors.
c)
They fired all of their workers and found new immigrants that were desperate for work.
d)
They sold their factory to an upcoming company called Sears and made millions.
14.
Why is learning English so important for Lena once arriving in America?
a)
Once she can speak English, she can leave the ghetto and go find better paying work.
b)
She will need to go to public officials to get her parents into the country.
c)
She can purchase clothing in American stores once she can speak the language.
d)
She can watch American movies that are all in English.
15.
Who does Lena never work for?
a)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
b)
Mr. Pickles
c)
Isaac
d)
Zev
16.
Why would Lena not talk to the reporter, even though he was fighting for her rights and better working conditions?
a)
She didn't know the reporter and immigrants were told never to trust Americans
b)
She couldn't understand the English the reporter was speaking.
c)
She was late for work and had to go before she was docked pay.
d)
There was a good chance she would be fired if the boss ever found out who she was.
17.
Which reason BEST explains why Lena coming to America is very dangerous?
a)
A woman has a hard time finding enough good paying work to survive. Living on the streets is a real danger.
b)
Women often bring diseases with them that can make survival difficult.
c)
A pregnant woman would have a hard time finding work, knowing they would leave to raise a baby.
d)
Men are stronger and can overpower a woman if she were in the wrong place.
18.
Isaac took all of their family savings from the bank account. Which reason would be most likely possible, and most disastrous for Lena and Isaac's pregnant wife at home?
a)
The bank had a clerical error and lost the money.
b)
Isaac stole the money and was abandoning his family to live an easier life without ties.
c)
Zev pretended to be Isaac and stole the money from the account to spend on Lena.
d)
Sonya took the money out because she didn't trust her husband with money.
19.
Which reason best explains why strikes against companies like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory often failed in the early 1900's?
a)
Men would threaten to punish their wives if they didn't do as they were told and go back to work.
b)
The factories paid women more money and gave them benefits so that they didn't have to go on strike.
c)
Families were too poor and needed the money to survive. They would rather live badly than to be homeless.
d)
The factories would shut down and then there would be no jobs left to come back to.
20.
WHY did Lena come to America and why did she not plan to return, like her best friend?
a)
Lena was the adventurous one in the family and wanted a chance to come to America and be "modern".
b)
The potato famine was causing people to starve. She did not want to become one of the 750,000 that had already died from starvation.
c)
There were plenty of jobs in American. Lena knew she could become rich, own a business like her Uncle Isaac, and save up to buy a home of her own.
d)
Russia was a horrible place for Jews and there was real danger that she may be killed. Her parents' business was destroyed.
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