Lyddie Chapters 1-8 - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

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What is the setting at the very beginning of the story?

A mountain farm in Vermont

The Lowell mills

Baker's Mill

Mrs. Bedlow's boarding house

2.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What conflict arises at the end of chapter 1?

Charlie loses the baby calf

Mama gets sick and has to go to the hospital

Lyddie and Charlie are told they have to work to pay off the farm debts

Lyddie and Charlie's father returns

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one way the Stevens family helps Lyddie and Charlie?

They invite them for dinner

Mr. Stevens gives them a horse and a pig

Mr. Stevens gives them a good price for the calf

Luke Stevens gives them a ride to their new work places

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Luke Stevens offers to help Lyddie into the wagon and to look after the farm while she's gone. Lyddie declines both of these offers. What does that show you about her character?

She is weak

She is stubborn and does not like to accept help

She is intelligent

She is respectful

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does Lyddie feel when she arrives at Cutler's Tavern and meets Mistress Cutler for the first time?

Excited

Calm and relaxed

Confident

Self-conscious

6.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

In chapter 4, Triphena tells Lyddie a story about the frog in the butter churn. The frog kicks the cream until it becomes solid butter, and he makes it out by rising to the top. Which character trait does Lyddie share with the frog?

Determined

Lazy

Grumpy

Weak

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In chapter 6,when Lyddie meets Ezekial Abernathy, she struggles with which internal conflict?

Whether to stay at her cabin through the winter or travel back to Cutler's Tavern

Whether to turn him in for reward money or help keep him hidden

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does Mistress Cutler's decision to dismiss Lyddie from the tavern help move the plot forward?

Lyddie starts to give up hoping that she will ever get her family back together

Lyddie decides to go to Lowell, MA to be a "mill girl" and make more money

She decides to work at Baker's Mill so that she can be closer to Charlie

Lyddie starts to regret giving Ezekial all of the calf money

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the setting of chapter 8?

Cutler's Tavern

Lyddie's mountain farm in Vermont

Boston, Massachusetts

The Concord Cooperation in Lowell

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does Lyddie think of the other passengers on the stagecoach in chapter 7?

She thinks they are lovely

She thinks they are polite and kind

She thinks they are disgusting

She thinks they are useful

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why does the stagecoach driver call Lyddie "a little chip of Vermont granite"?

Lyddie is small and delicate

Lyddie is hard-headed like a rock

Lyddie is traveling to Vermont

Lyddie is from Vermont and she is tough like a rock

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following best describes the Mrs. Bedlow's boarding house?

Noisy and busy

Small and cramped

Calm and quiet

Empty and gloomy

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