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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy has Lyddie become worried about Rachel in chapter 17?The owner of the boardinghouse will no longer allow Rachel to stay at the boardinghouseRachel has developed a very bad cough that wakes her up at night.The factory owner has agreed to allow Rachel to work a very dangerous job at the mill.Rachel gets a fever and can no longer remember her name or the people around her.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow does living with Rachel affect Lyddie?Lyddie becomes bitter and resentful because she has to take care of Rachel.Lyddie becomes angrier and angrier at her mother for sending Rachel to live with her.Lyddie becomes friendlier and nicer as a result of Rachel's influence.Lyddie becomes overjoyed because she will receive money from the state of Massachusetts to take care of Rachel because she is under the age of 18.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceRead this excerpt about Lyddie's recovery from the fever.
It has been two weeks since she fell ill, and Dr. Morris still refused to let her return to work. Her mind roared protest, but her legs could hardly carry her to the privy. Her body has never betrayed her before. She despisedits weakness..."
In this passage, what does the word despised mean?hatedlooked forward toenjoyedquestioned - 4. Multiple ChoiceRead the following passage from chapter 17 about Lyddie taking Rachel to her first day of work at the mill.
It was arranged. Lyddie suspected that Mrs. Bedlow had added a few years and several pounds in her description of Rachel to the agent, but a skepticallook was all she got from the overseer on the spinning room floor when she presented Rachel for work the next morning.
What is an antonym for the word skeptical?doubtfulconfidentnegativesurprised - 5. Multiple ChoiceRead the following conversation between Lyddie and Rachel about how Rachel helped take care of Lyddie during her fever.
Rachel's brow furrowed, but her eyes were clear, not the dead, blank eyes of her arrival. Lyddie stroked her hair, 'I had me such a good nurse. I couldn't have believed it.' Rachel smiled and nodded at the writing box. 'Tell Charlie,' she said. 'I'll be sure to,' Lyddie said. 'He'll be monstrousproud.'
In the context of this passage, what is the dictionary definition of the word monstrous as it is used in this sentence?scarilynot veryquietlyextremely - 6. Multiple ChoiceIn chapter 18, Lyddie reluctantly agrees to let Rachel go to when the Phinneys offer to take care of both Charlie and Rachel. Lyddie also finds out that the family farm has been bought by the Stevenses. However, Lyddie continues to work hard at the factory.
Howdo these events represent a turning point in the story?Lyddie no longer has to weigh concerns for her family against concerns about factory conditions and her own life.Lyddie makes a major decision to marry Luke Stevens since his family now owns the farm.Lyddie makes a regrettable decision to run away with Rachel for the Phinneys cannot claim her.Lyddie decides she will no longer have contact with her own family because she thinks it will be for their own good. - 7. Multiple ChoiceAfter Luke Stevens' marriage proposal, Lyddie compares what it would be like to be married to Luke Stevens to...a state of slaverywinning the lotterya restful vacationhaving her family back together
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho will receive the money when Lyddie's farm is sold?LyddieLyddie's motherAunt Clarissa and Uncle JudahThe Phinneys
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich plot point is too minor to be included in a summary of chapter 18?Lyddie agrees to let Rachel live with the Phinneys.Charlie tells Lyddie the farm will be sold.Charlie rides the train, and then a stagecoach, to visit Lyddie in Lowell.Luke Stevens asks Lyddie to marry him in a letter that Charlie deliver to Lyddie.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceFor what reason does Diana leave her job at the factory in chapter 19?She has developed a cough similar to Rachel's and must leave for health-related reasons.She was caught signing the labor petition by the Concord Corporation and has been fired.She is pregnant and does not want her reputation to affect the factory girls who are trying to get better working conditions.She has a very ill relative in Virginia who needs Diana to care for them.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Lyddie find out about her mother in chapter 20?Lyddie's mother has died.Lyddie's mother has been released from the asylum.Lyddie's mother is being moved to a prison for people in debt.Lyddie's mother has escaped from the asylum and is in hiding.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHow does Diana's departure from the factory affect Lyddie and her work at the factory?Lyddie misses Diana, and as a result, cannot concentrate on her work.Lyddie secretly tries to convince all of the factory girls to sign the labor petition.Lyddie decides she will quit her position at the factory and leave with Diana.Lyddie takes on Diana's role of coaching new girls at the factory.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceRead the following passage about Lyddie packing Rachel's bag in chapter 18.
She packed the bag. It took less than a minute. Rachel had so little. She remembered the primer, and then decided to keep it. Rachel would have a new one, a better one now...She got her box of writing materials, dipped her pen in ink , and wrote in painful, careful script on the fly leaf: "For Rachel Worthen from her sister Lydia Worthen, June 24, 1846," wiping her face carefully on her apron as she wrote so as not to blot the page.
What is the tone of this passage?hopefulangrysadanxious - 14. Multiple ChoiceThe novel Lyddie, is closest to which literary genre?realistic fictionbiographyjournalistic fictionhistorical fiction
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich passage from chapter 20 supports the idea that Brigid is improving as a loom operator?"Between them, she and Brigid coached several of the new spare hands...""Lyddie sighed. She couldn't take Brigid on to teach...""She did not want Brigid to be ashamed of the only home she had..."Each day Lyddie gave Brigid three new papers to learn, and at the end of the day, take home and practice."
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow does Lyddie save Brigid from Mr. Marsden's inappropriate behavior in chapter 20?Lyddie reports Mr. Marsden to his bosses at the Concord Corporation.Lyddie sets off the fire alarm in the factory and it scares Mr. Marsden off.Lyddie purposefully ruins one of the looms, forcing Mr. Marsden to deal with the situation.Lyddie dumps a bucket of water over Mr. Marsden's head and then leads Brigid to a safe place.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Lyddie's reaction to her treatment of Mr. Marsden after saving Brigid from his inappropriate behavior in chapter 20?Lyddie laughs hysterically.Lyddie is anxious and worried.Lyddie becomes extremely angry and vows to get even with Marsden.Lyddie asks Brigid to keep the incident a secret.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Lyddie do in chapter 20 that does NOT match with her previous behavior?She spends more money on books.She is aggressive towards Mr. Marsden's inappropriate behavior.She works harder and harder at the looms at the factory.She becomes upset when thinking about Charlie.
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