unit 3- story 6

Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean 1

Unit 3- Story 6

Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean


Vocabulary


chignonA) Deeply moving, intense,

overwhelmingB) Roll of hair worn at the back of the

head, a hair-twist, a hair-bunC) A disloyalty to somethingD) A distrust in the system


B) Roll of hair worn at the back of the head, a hair-twist, a hair-bun


A) A person who accompanies or escorts young or unmarried women in public

B) Having to do with the city, metropolitan

C) Having to do with automobilesD) Having to do with architecture

chaperone


A) A person who accompanies or escorts young or unmarried women in public


circulation A) The number of people who pay for

newspapersB) The number of copies of a newspaper

that are sold; distributionC) The delivery of newspapersD) The supply of blood to the lungs


B) The number of copies of a newspaper that are sold; distribution


dulcet

A) Harsh sounding, monotoneB) A sweet breadC) Pleasing to the ear, melodic,

soothingD) To last a very long time


C) Pleasing to the ear, melodic, soothing


sphere A) An area of a department storeB) A set of geometric shapesC) Cleverness and aptitudeD) Social position and the way people

are, work, live; realm; field


D) Social position and the way people are, work, live; realm; field


Comprehension


1) Why did Elizabeth Cochrane start to write?A) She wanted to be the first woman

reporter in AmericaB) She wanted to become rich an famousC) She enjoyed writing, really wanted to

write, and wanted to be like other women reporters

D) She enjoyed writing and wanted to be editor of a magazine


C) She enjoyed writing, really wanted to write, and wanted to be like other women reporters


2) What was Elizabeth’s first entry in the newspaper about?

A) She wrote an angry response to the article:“What Girls are Good For”

B) She was against divorceC) She wrote about the slums of

PittsburghD) She wrote about the pollution of

Pittsburgh


A) She wrote an angry response to the article:“What Girls are Good For”


3) Why didn’t Elizabeth sign her name to the response article?

A) She forgot B) She knew it wasn’t lady-likeC) Her article was missing a pageD) Mr. Madden left it off the article


B) She knew it wasn’t lady-like


4) Why did Mr. Madden like Elizabeth’s article?

A) He thought that she could get more money for the newspaper

B) He thought her article was well-written

C) He didn’t think it was well-written; it was full of grammatical errors

D) He had no opinion


B) He thought her article was well-written


5)What was the name of the newspaper Elizabeth and Mr. Madden worked for?

A) The Free PressB) The Daily NewsC) The BeeD) The Dispatch


D) The Dispatch


6) What was Elizabeth’s first article about?A) SlumsB) PollutionC) DivorceD) Factories


C) Divorce


7) Why was Elizabeth concerned about the divorce laws and demanded change for more rights for women?A) She wanted to become a lawyer in the near

futureB) While living in poor areas, she met divorced

women who were also treated unfairly and could not live well, due to being divorced

C) She thought it was satisfactory for divorced women to have unfair treatment, but not for widowed women

D) She wanted the women to get more money to live on and have the husbands to live in poor neighborhoods


B) While living in poor areas, she met divorced women who were also treated unfairly and could not live well, due to being divorced


8)Why did Mr. Madden encourage Elizabeth to write? A) He liked her writing styleB) He wanted her to become the editor of

the paper in the futureC) He wanted her around to clean up the

newsroomD) He believed that her articles would

cause people to buy the newspaper; this would increase circulation and make more money for the company


D) He believed that her articles would cause people to buy the newspaper; this would increase circulation and make more money for the company


9) What caused Elizabeth to receive the name Nellie Bly?A) She liked the songB) She wanted a pen name and heard a

popular song, Nellie Bly, being hummed

C) She needed a new name to use in town

D) She was told by her mother to pick the name


B) She wanted a pen name and heard a popular song, Nellie Bly, being hummed


10) What was significant of Elizabeth using the name Nellie Bly as her pen name? A) The song talked about ‘cleaning’ like

Elizabeth was going to clean up Pittsburgh’s issues

B) The song was about making chocolate cake

C) She thought the song had a good beatD) There is no significance


A) The song talked about ‘cleaning’ like Elizabeth was going to clean up Pittsburgh’s issues


11) Why did the circulation of The Dispatch increase? A) People enjoyed reading the comics

sectionB) People really thought her article were

terribleC) People were intrigued by Nellie’s

articles and wondered who was the writer

D) People wanted to write to the editor to fire the writer


C) People were intrigued by Nellie’s articles and wondered who was the writer


12)What was the cause of the factory owners’ outrage?A) Nellie’s articles revealed all the abuses

practiced against women in the bottling factory

B) In the articles, she didn’t write in the names of the factories

C) She didn’t write enough about the factories

D) The articles only mentioned the factories who employed women


A) Nellie’s articles revealed all the abuses practiced against women in the bottling factory


13) What was an important cause of the eventual improvement in the Pittsburgh factories?A) Her articles were about how tall the

factories were and blocked the sunB) Nellie’s articles were about the terrible

conditions in those factoriesC) Nellie’s articles were how the factories

should only be open from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M.D) The articles made people be sympathetic

towards the factory owners


B) Nellie’s articles were about the

terrible conditions in those factories


14) Why did Mr. Madden make Nellie the society editor for The Dispatch?A) He needed things to calm down because the

business owners threatened to withdrawal advertising (a big way papers make money) if the articles about social change didn’t stop

B) He was mad with Nellie because her articles were making the businessmen were angry

C) He wanted her to try and make society changes with debutante balls and parties of the rich

D) He wanted Nellie to have a vacation


A) He needed things to calm down because the business owners threatened to withdrawal advertising (a big way papers make money) if the articles about social change didn’t stop


15) Was it easy for Nellie to get a job at The Dispatch?A) YesB) No


B) No because she was an unmarried woman in the 19th century and had a job as a reporter. She did not use chaperones and talked about ‘impolite’ issues.


16) How did Nellie feel when she had to sit at a desk and be the society editor, not a investigative reporter?

A) She enjoyed the break because she was so tired

B) She was not happy because she wanted to be out investigating

C) She had no opinionD) She decided to write about the

injustices of having big, rich parties


B) She was not happy because she wanted to be out investigating


17) After Nellie wrote about the factories, what did she write about next?

A) DivorceB) SlumsC) FactoriesD) Prisons


B) The Slums


18) Why did Nellie praise the Riverside Penitentiary?A) To show us he was a great warriorB) It was very clean and made of

beautiful stoneC) It was humane to prisoners: had

separate cells for inmates and large common work and recreation areas

D) It had hot running water and soft beds


C) It was humane to prisoners: had separate cells for inmates and large common work and recreation areas


19) What did Nellie report about her work while undercover as a factory worker?A) She and the workers suffered from

headaches because the light was so dim

B) She and the workers caught colds C) She and the workers had 1 hours

lunch breaksD) She and the workers had their own

bathrooms


A) She and the workers suffered from headaches because the light was so dim


20) In the 19th century, why were people surprised with Elizabeth’s determination to be a serious reporter of social injustices? A) Women had to stay with their parents,

even when they got marriedB) Women couldn’t speak with other men,

be un-chaperoned, and could never leave the house

C) Women had to behave in certain ways: politely, uncritically, be domestic, and never talk about world issues

D) Women couldn’t own a typewriter


C) Women had to behave in certain ways: politely, uncritically, be domestic, and never talk about world issues

unit 3- story 6

Documents

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pollution of pittsburgh

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