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WorksheetsLyddie Ch 9-12 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What does Lyddie notice first when she enters the weaving room for the first time?
The smell
The noise
The dark
The heat
Who teaches Lyddie how to work the looms?
Mr. Marsden
Brigid
Diana
Betsy
Who is the bald overseer with the black mustache who refers to Lyddie as "his best girl"?
Mr. Marsden
Ezekial
Jeremiah Stevens
Mr. Graves
Why do the roommates warn Lyddie about Diana Goss?
She is an abolitionist
She is good friends with the overseer
She is a member of a cult
She is a radical because she is a member of the Female Labor Reform Association
What are some of the dangerous working conditions at the mill?
dusty air
noise
fire
dangerous machines
What does Diana do for Lyddie the night she (Lyddie) visits the boarding house?
She gives Lyddie paper to write to Charlie and her mother
She gives Lyddie a lecture about the Female Labor Reform Association
She forces Lyddie to sign the 10 Hour Petition
She teaches Lyddie to read
"And I don't suppose you think a thirteen-hour day overly long, either" is an example of which working condition?
Compensation
Child/Forced Labor
Hours
Health/Safety/Environment
"Now that she thought of it, she could hardly breathe, the air was so laden with moisture and debris" is an example of which working condition?
Compensation
Child/Forced Labor
Hours
Health/Safety/Environment
What novel does Betsy begin reading to Lyddie after her first full day on the job?
A Tale of Two Cities
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
David Copperfield
Why does Lyddie relate to the main character in the story Betsy reads?
She doesn't relate
Both of them were orphans
Both of them were an only child
Both knew hunger and wanting something they couldn't have
Why does Lyddie give Betsy ten cents out of her first paycheck?
Lyddie is generous
Lyddie lost a bet
To help with the cost of renting the book
She owed Betsy money for postage
Why is Betsy saving her money?
To pay for her brother's college
To go to college
To buy a house
To send it to her family
Why can't Lyddie leave in July like her roommates?
She has no home
She signed a year long contract
She has no money
She would rather work
"And if you leave without an honorable discharge, not only will you never work at the Concord Corporation again, but no other mill in Lowell will ever engage you" is an example of which working condition?
Treatment of the Individual Worker
Hours
Health/Safety/Environment
Compensation
"I started here as a doffer when I was ten. So I've fifteen years here" is an example of which working condition?
Treatment of the Individual Worker
Child/Forced Labor
Health/Safety/Environment
Compensation
Why does Lyddie work so hard to read Oliver Twist on her own?
She wants to read it to Betsy
She wants to impress Charlie
She doesn't want to pay to rent it for long
She has nothing else to do
What TWO things does Lyddie purchase with her first big July paycheck?
A new pair of boots
A new cotton dress
A copy of Oliver Twist
A new bonnet
What TWO things does Lyddie's mother's letter tell us?
Agnes is dead
Clarissa is dead
Judah is sick
Rachel is sick
Why does Prudence leave the mills?
Her father got her a teaching job
She hated factory life
She has "the cough"
She was fired
"Our real wages have gone down more often than they've gone up" is an example of which working condition?
Child/Forced Labor
Hours
Health/Safety/Environment
Compensation
