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WorksheetsY2 Victorians Assessment
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins
What is your name?
What is your class?
Q1. What do these pictures tell us about the differences between rich and poor?
A. Rich people lived next to poor people
B. Poor people lived in homes close together
C. Rich people had lots of windows
Q2. Why might Mary McDonald have stolen boots?
A. She was a criminal
B. She was too poor to afford shoes
C. She did not like the person
Q3. Why did the rich want to stop paying for the 'poor relief' to help those who could not find work. Tick which ones are true.
They didn't need the poor to work as much
They thought poor people were lazy and it cost too much money
They could not afford to help the poor.
The poor said they did not want any help
Q4. Homeless children from the Victorian era were sometimes made to live in what type of building?
A. Hotel
B. Campsite
C. Beach Hut
D. Workhouse
Q5. What is a 'workhouse'?
A. A place where adults go to work
B. A place for the poor to live and work
C. A factory
D. A gym to work out
Q6. Why was life in the workhouses so hard?
A. You were made to work very hard and dangerous jobs
D. You had to wake up early
The houses were not nice to live in
You had to share a room with everyone
Q7. What does this floor plan tell us about life in a Victorian workhouse?
Q8. Why is Richard Oastler remembered?
Q9. What is a 'dual monarchy'?
Q10. What kind of power did Queen Victoria have?
