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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple ChoiceChoose the direct quote that best proves the children were working in unsafe environments."About one hundred thousand workers were on strike."Nationwide, 80,000 children worked in the textile industry.""Barefooted little children reached their tiny hands into the treacherous machinery to repair snapped threads.""The temperatures rose into the 90s in the mills."
- 3. Multiple ChoiceMother Jones needed publicity to help her gain the attention of the president.TrueFalse
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the president not meet with Mother Jones?He did not care.He did not know about it.He did not like Mother Jones.He believed that individual states should choose how to deal with child labor.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the result of Mother Jones' attempt to change child labor laws?She changed it right after she met with the president.She kept fighting and within 5 years saw the child labor laws changed to protect children.It took 35 years for the federal government to pass child labor laws.Child labor laws never were enforced.
- 6. Multiple Choice
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.’”
- 7. Multiple Choice
According to information from the excerpt, which inference can be best made about President Theodore Roosevelt?
A. He thinks Mother Jones should run for an official office so she will have a platform to influence change in the textile industry.
B. He considers the concerns of business owners of the factories more valid than the concerns of child workers.
C. He encourages Mother Jones to march even though he must hide his support for her from his voters.
D. He believes the power to resolve child labor resides with states rather than the federal government.
- 8. Multiple Choice
From the author’s point of view, was Mother Jones’s march most likely a success or a failure?
A. A success because she brought national attention to unsafe child labor conditions in factories
B. A failure because President Theodore Roosevelt refused to meet with her and the children
C. A success because she was able to persuade the federal government to pass an immediate law against child labor
D. A failure because there were only three children that continued to the final destination of the march
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?
A. “The president would not see them.”
B. “In early August, Mother Jones finally took the last three children home.”
C. “Though she did not meet with the president, Mother Jones had drawn the attention of the nation to the problem of child labor.”
D. “The federal government finally passed a child labor law (part of the Fair Labor Standards Act) in 1938—thirty-five years after the march of the mill children.”
- 10. Multiple Choice
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.
- 11. Multiple Choice
In Pennsylvania (and other states as well) there were laws that said children under thirteen could not work, so why were so many children working in mills and factories?
The children were over 13.
Parents often lied about their child's age.
They worked along side their parents.
They had their parents permission.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why did families put their children to work?
To keep them out of trouble.
They wanted to eventually run the mills.
They were too poor to afford food and needed the extra money.
To teach them lessons on hard work.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Mother Jones : Fierce Fighter for Worker's Rights is...
nonfiction
nonfiction and biography
autobiography
historical fiction
- 14. Multiple Choice
Mother Jones real name is..
Fanny Mae
Mary Harris
Marie Jones
Maria Jones
- 15. Multiple Choice
Mother Jones protested...
for Women's Rights
for Teacher's Rights
for Children's Rights
for Animals Rights
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