The Triangle Factory owners are honorable people because they gave immigrants an opportunity to work and earn money.

The Triangle Factory Fire was awful, but there was nothing anyone could have done to prevent it.

The Triangle Factory was well equipped for a fire because they cared about their employees.

The Triangle Factory had all the elements for a disastrous fire.

“Triangle employees had to stay longer to fill back orders.” (Lines 14-15)

“Sheer and lightweight, it was beautiful and comfortable—and

burned as easily as gasoline. Each layer was separated from the others by a sheet of equally flammable tissue paper.” (lines 18-20)

“We will never know for sure what started the Triangle

Fire.” (lines 40-41)

“Despite the danger, the operators made several trips, saving scores of workers before heat bent the elevators’ tracks and put them out of action.”(lines 69-71)

" Those who reached the ninth-floor stairway door found it locked. This was not unusual, as employers often locked doors to discourage latecomers and keep out union organizers."

(lines 120-122)

" With a wave of fire rolling across the room, workers rushed to the windows, only to meet more fire." (lines 126-127)

" Heat and pressure blew out the eighth-floor windows. Firefighters call the result “lapping in”—that is, sucking flames into open windows above." (lines 130-132)

" With fire advancing from behind and flames rising before them, people knew they were doomed." (lines 135-136)

protected

gripped

dropped

opened

to persuade readers to believe that victims died by choice

to educate readers about the lack of sympathy rescue workers showed

to describe one of the horrible sights witnessed on that day

to explain why the fire escape collapsed.

"I saw every feature of the tragedy visible from outside the building." (lines 182-183)

"Down came the bodies in a shower, burning, smoking—flaming bodies, with the disheveled hair trailing upward." (lines 189-191)

"A policeman later went about with tags, which he fastened with wires to the wrists of the dead girls." (lines 193-194)

"Meanwhile, others managed to reach the fire escape. It had not been designed for a quick exit." (lines 207-208)

glance

investigation

hiding

overlook

observation

The Triangle Factory characters felt that the 10th floor was the best floor to escape the fire.

The Triangle Factory Fire was a based on a story that happened back in 1899.

The Triangle Factory was aware that the fire was going to happen.

The Triangle Factory had enough fire extinguishers to put out the fire themselves.

“By 4:40PM, the cutters had finished their work” (Lines 31)

“People began to jump singly or in groups of two or three, holding hands as they stepped out the windows.”

(lines 178-179)

It’s alive. At least it’s alive.” (line 265)

“Those who worked there, or reached it from the floor below, survived by dashing up the stairs to the roof.”(lines 223-225)

To explain why the owners of the Asch building were not convicted of a crime.

To describe what caused the fire.

To inform readers of what happened as a result of the fire.

To persuade readers that changes to factory buildings needed to be made.

“Doors that opened inward instead of outward, overcrowding in work areas, and blocked exits also were to blame. Fire Marshal William Beers stunned New Yorkers by soon declaring, “I can show you 150 loft buildings far worse than this one.” (Lines 5-9)

“Weighing the evidence, however, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. ‘I cannot see that anyone was responsible for the disaster,’ explained juror H. Houston Hierst. ‘It seems tome to have been an act of the Almighty.” (Lines 22-26)

One Factory Commission investigator had witnessed the fateful Triangle fire. Frances Perkins said, “We heard the fire engines and rushed . . . to see what was going on. . . . We got there just as they started to jump. I shall never forget the frozen horror which came over us as we stood with our hands on our throats watching that horrible sight, knowing that there was no help.” (Lines 44-51)

“As a result of the Commission’s shocking findings, New York State quickly passed thirty-three new labor laws by 1914.” (Lines 39-40)

While the Triangle Factory Fire was a great tragedy, factories and workplaces are safer for everyone because of it.

The owners of the Asch Building were lucky they were not attacked by an angry mob of people.

After the fire began, more should have been done to save the people in the Asch Building.

People should not have been concerned about making money in factories.

For no reason

In Hope

In pain

In sadness