WorksheetsMother Jones/Informational Texts
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
Informational text-
is made up
provides the reader with facts
entertains the audience
is written like a story
Informational text
is real information.
informs the reader about many topics.
teaches new information.
all of the above
terms used in a specific field such as science or technology.
graphic organizer
context clues
technical language
objective summary
a person who is trained or skilled in the technicalities of a subject.
scientist
neurologist
technician
neuroimaging
What does the author say was Mother Jones’s greatest ability?
A. Raising money for her planned march
B. Speaking to audiences about her cause
C. Making friends with powerful businessmen
D. Convincing children to fight for their rights
What is the definition of the word "treacherous"?
attention that is given to someone or something by the public, media attention or coverage
untrustworthy; dangerous
the condition of being wealthy
very damaged or destroyed; crippled
What is the definition of the word "dormitory"?
very damaged or destroyed; crippled
attention that is given to someone or something by the public, media attention or coverage
the condition of being wealthy
a large room where many people can sleep
How did Mother Jones best draw a connection between the children who work in the factories and the people that live in the cities, according to the excerpt?
A. She explains there are laws that can charge a fee to people in the community when children are injured in factory jobs.
B. She writes a public letter to the president to remind him that the children who work in the factories are just like his children.
C. She explains how the possessions that people enjoy are made in factories by children who work long hours under poor conditions.
D. She explains that the federal government can force any child to work in a factory whether the child is from a poor or wealthy family.
Which sentence from the excerpt most closely shows Mother Jones’s effort to obtain sympathy for child workers?
A. “‘Well, I’ve got stock in these little children,’ she said, ‘and I’ll arrange a little publicity.’”
B. “‘Philadelphia’s mansions were built on the broken bones, the quivering hearts, and drooping heads of these children,’ she said.”
C. “‘Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit.’”
D. “‘Here’s a textbook on economics.’”
What is most likely the author’s purpose for including paragraph 4 in the excerpt?
Nationwide, eighty thousand children worked in the textile industry. In the South, Mother Jones had seen how dangerous their jobs were. Barefooted little girls and boys reached their tiny hands into the treacherous machinery to repair snapped threads or crawled underneath the machinery to oil it. At textile union headquarters, Mother Jones met more of these mill children. Their bodies were bone-thin, with hollow chests. Their shoulders were rounded from long hours spent hunched over the workbenches. Even worse, she saw “some with their hands off, some with the thumb missing, some with their fingers off at the knuckles”—victims of mill accidents.
A. To point out how skilled the children were at the jobs they held in the factories
B. To emphasize the poor pay that the children received for the hours they worked
C. To encourage children to be more careful when working with powerful machinery
D. To show the effect that factory jobs had on the health and wellness of child workers
