O&M Hostos School

Seventh Grade

Language Arts Test

Name___________________ Date ________________________

I. Multiple Choice

______1. How did Lyddie react when the bear entered the cabin?

A. Lyddie was able to take charge, think clearly, and save her family.

B. Lyddie was frightened and froze, not knowing what to do.

C. Lyddie took charge, but the bear injured Agnes.

D. Lyddie depended on Charlie to tell the family what to do.

_____ 2. Why was the bear such a significant event in the book, Lyddie?

A. The bear’s entrance into the cabin made Lyddie realize they were not safe on the farm
anymore.

B. The event of the bear was the start of Lyddie’s long journey to caring for her family and
finding personal freedom.

C. When the bear entered the cabin, Mama suddenly went crazy.

D. The bear’s intrusion is what made Lyddie’s father leave.

_____ 3. How did Lyddie and Charlie survive on the farm alone?

A. Lyddie and Charlie had enough money saved up to help them get through the tough
times of winter.

B. Lyddie and Charlie worked hard on their cash crop, cotton, to make money for the farm.

C. Lyddie and Charlie find food from hunting rabbits and making syrup and sugar.

D. Lyddie and Charlie make butter and cream from their cow’s milk to sell for money.
_____ 4. Why did Mama send Lyddie to work at Cutler’s Tavern and Charlie to work at
Baker’s Mill?

A. Clarissa and Judah did not have room for Lyddie and Charlie to live with them, so
Mama had to find another place for them to live.

B. Mama needs money to pay off the family’s debts.

C. Since Lyddie and Charlie hated attending school, Mama thought it was best for them to
go ahead and begin work.

D. Judah and Clarissa owned the tavern and mill, so it was easy for Mama to arrange their
jobs.

_____ 5. When Lyddie worked at Cutler’s Tavern, what was her point of view of factory
life?

A. Lyddie dreaded factory life because of the rumors she heard while working in the
tavern.

B. Lyddie knew some girls who worked at the factory and loved the life.

C. Lyddie read in school that factory life was very tedious and tiresome.

D. Lyddie aspired to work at the factory life because it seemed like a very easy way to earn
a large amount of money.

II. Fill in the Blanks

1. Lyddie and her family lived in a cabin in the state of ___________________.

2. Lyddie was sent by her mother to work at ______________________ Tavern.

3. Lyddie and the girls worked in the weaving room of the ___________________

Corporation.

4. The Irish girls came from an area of the city called the ___________________.

5. One of the girls wanted Lyddie to sign a ______________________ for better

working conditions.
 II. Answer the following questions
1. What do you know about the period of the Industrial Revolution?

2. Why does Lyddie's family leave the farm?

3. How does Lyddie react to seeing a factory girl for the first time?

4. How does Lyddie's appearance differ from that of the factory girl?

5. Describe Lyddie's relationship with Triphena.

6. What happens when Lyddie returns to the tavern?

7. List at least four of the regulations the Concord Corporation requires of the girls they
employ.

8. Who is Mr. Marsden and what is his role?

9. Who is considered a "radical" at the factory and why?

10. What is Betsy reading to Lyddie?