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WorksheetsLyddie (Chapter 10) - Text-Dependent Questions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
The text says: “Now that she thought of it, she could hardly breathe, the air was so laden with moisture and debris” (75). What does laden mean?
Filled with
Weighed Down
Heavy
All of the above
The text says: “Now that she thought of it, she could hardly breathe, the air was so laden with moisture and debris” (75). How do you know what the word Laden means?
The quote says that Lyddie couldn't really breathe because the air was filled with humidity and dust.
The quote says that Lyddie couldn't really breathe because it was hot and the space was tight.
The quote said that Lyddie wasn't having difficulty breathing because she is use to the farm air.
The quote said that Lyddie was having difficulty breathing because she was use to the farm air.
What wouldn't it feel like to breathe air “laden with moisture and debris”?
It would feel like you are suffocating.
It would feel like you are choking and need water.
It would feel like breathing fresh air.
It would feel like your lungs are collapsing.
The text says: “Now that she thought of it, she could hardly breathe, the air was so laden with moisture and debris” (75). Which Working Conditions note card best explains what this quote helps the reader understand about Lyddie’s life and work?
The air in the factory was humid and dusty.
The looms were powerful and could injure workers if they weren’t careful.
Workers lived and ate in crowded, noisy boardinghouses.
All of the above.
The text says: “Even though Diana had stopped the loom, Lyddie stood rubbing the powder into her fingertips, hesitating to plunge her hands into the bowels of the machine” (75). What does the phrase bowels of the machine mean?
The internal organs of people
The inside of the humid and dusty weaving room
The outside of the machine
The insides of the looms
What does personification mean?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Giving a non-living object traits of a human or animal.
An extreme exaggeration.
A phrase that has different meanings than what it says.
The text says: “Even though Diana had stopped the loom, Lyddie stood rubbing the powder into her fingertips, hesitating to plunge her hands into the bowels of the machine” (75). What is being personified?
The weaving room.
Lyddie's hands.
The factory.
The loom.
Personification gives stories life and helps audiences connect and understand the text better.
True
False
By giving inanimate objects human qualities, personification helps to relate ideas and objects to people, allowing an author to convey his meaning more effectively.
True
False
An example of personification is:
She is a rose.
The sunlight danced.
It was a billion miles away.
The sun is the sunniest sun in all of suns.
The text says: “Even though Diana had stopped the loom, Lyddie stood rubbing the powder into her fingertips, hesitating to plunge her hands into the bowels of the machine” (75). Which Working Conditions note card best explains what this quote helps the reader understand about Lyddie’s life and work?
The air in the factory was humid and dusty.
The looms were powerful and could injure workers if they weren’t careful.
Workers lived and ate in crowded, noisy boardinghouses.
Workers got paid little for all the work they did.
“Her quiet meals in the corner of the kitchen with Triphena, even her meager bowls of bark soup with the seldom talkative Charlie, seemed like feasts compared to the huge, rushed, noisy affairs in Mrs. Bedlow’s house” (76). What does the word meager mean? (Choose two)
Lacking in quantity or quality
A lot of something
Inadequate
A little of something
“Her quiet meals in the corner of the kitchen with Triphena, even her meager bowls of bark soup with the seldom talkative Charlie, seemed like feasts compared to the huge, rushed, noisy affairs in Mrs. Bedlow’s house” (76). It’s contradictory to suggest a meager meal could be a feast. How could this be true for Lyddie?
Lyddie is so hungry, she could eat a horse.
She misses Charlie and Triphena dreadfully.
Lyddie rather have a little bit of food in the peace and quiet with people she love than a lot of food in the noise.
Lyddie rather have a lot of food at the boardinghouse than starve to death with Charlie and Triphena.
“Her quiet meals in the corner of the kitchen with Triphena, even her meager bowls of bark soup with the seldom talkative Charlie, seemed like feasts compared to the huge, rushed, noisy affairs in Mrs. Bedlow’s house” (76). Which Working Conditions note card best explains what this quote helps the reader understand about Lyddie’s life and work?
The air in the factory was humid and dusty.
The looms were powerful and could injure workers if they weren’t careful.
Workers lived and ate in crowded, noisy boardinghouses.
Workers get paid little for all the work they do.
Why is Diana Goss known as a radical and call herself infamous?
Diana is known as a radical because she advocates for worker's rights and called herself infamous because she is popular for doing something a lot of the girls would never do.
Diana is known as a radical because she advocates for worker's rights and called herself infamous because she is bad and guilty of being mean to the other girls.
Diana is known as a radical because she advocates for worker's rights and called herself infamous because she is really famous around the factory.
Diana is known as a radical because she advocates for worker's rights and called herself infamous because no one likes her or agrees that they should fight for their rights as workers.
