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Child labor in Victorian times

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We call Victorian times the period

a)
b)

the period from 1837 to 1901

c)

the period from 1837 to 1876

d)

the period from1819 to 1901

2.

During this period children

a)

had to work at school

b)

didn't have to work

c)

could work

d)

had to work because industry needed a lot of labor

3.

Sschool attendance

a)

was compulsory until 1880

b)

was optional

c)
d)

was forbidden

4.

After 1880

a)

children couldn't go to school

b)

could leave school at the age of 9

c)

had to go to school

d)

could leave school at the age of 10

5.

Children

a)
b)

could carry coal in the factories

c)

had to carry coal in coal mines

d)

had to pick fruit in the coal mines

6.

In the factories many accidents happened because

a)
b)

children had to clean machines

c)

children weren't allowed to sit

d)

children had to carry stones

7.

during this period children also had to

a)

work long hours at school

b)

work long hours at home

c)
d)

stay long hours at school

8.

In the fields

a)

they had to carry coal

b)
c)

they had to scare cows

d)

they had to pick fruit , vegetables and to scare crows

9.

compulsory means

a)

obligatory

b)

voluntary

c)

forbidden

d)

optional

e)

easy

10.

a crow in French is

a)

un oiseau

b)

un moineau

c)

une vache

d)

un corbeau

11.

School attendance in French is

a)

aller à l'école

b)

travailler à l'école

c)

rester à l'école

d)

scolarisation

12.

coal carrying in French is

a)
b)

porter des pierres

c)

travailler dans une mine

d)

porter du charbon