Standards Based Questions: From Flesh & Blood So Cheap

1. Which three words are most opposite in meaning to the word igniting as it is used in this sentence?

“Flames shot up, igniting the line of hanging paper patterns.” (lines 46-47)

• extinguish

• burning

• fuel

• wet

• snuff

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

With which statement would the author most likely agree?

• The Triangle Factory owners are honorable people because they gave immigrants an opportunity to work and earn money.

• The Triangle Factory Fire was awful, but there was nothing anyone could have done to prevent it.

• The Triangle Factory was well equipped for a fire because they cared about their employees.

• The Triangle Factory had all the elements for a disastrous fire.

Part B

Which evidence from the passage best supports the response in Part A?

• “Triangle employees had to stay longer to fill back orders.” (Lines 14-15)

• “Sheer and lightweight, it was beautiful and comfortable—and

  burned as easily as gasoline. Each layer was separated from the others by a sheet of equally flammable tissue paper.” (lines 18-20)

• “We will never know for sure what started the Triangle

  Fire.” (lines 40-41)

• “Despite the danger, the operators made several trips, saving scores of workers before heat bent the elevators’ tracks and put them out of action.”(lines 69-71)

Which evidence from the passage best suggests that employers didn’t have proper safety precautions for workers?

• " Those who reached the ninth-floor stairway door found it locked. This was not unusual, as employers often locked doors to discourage latecomers and keep out union organizers."

  (lines 120-122)

• " With a wave of fire rolling across the room, workers rushed to the windows, only to meet more fire." (lines 126-127)

• " Heat and pressure blew out the eighth-floor windows. Firefighters call the result “lapping in”—that is, sucking flames into open windows above." (lines 130-132)

• " With fire advancing from behind and flames rising before them, people knew they were doomed." (lines 135-136)

What does the word clung mean as it is used in this sentence?

"A girl clung to a window frame until flames from the eighth floor lapped in, burning her face and setting fire to her hair and clothing. " (lines 144 - 146)

• protected

• gripped

• dropped

• opened

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

Which is the author’s purpose of lines 182- 196?

• to persuade readers to believe that victims died by choice

• to educate readers about the lack of sympathy rescue workers showed

• to describe one of the horrible sights witnessed on that day

• to explain why the fire escape collapsed.

Part B

Which evidence from the passage best supports the response in Part A?

• "I saw every feature of the tragedy visible from outside the building." (lines 182-183)

• "Down came the bodies in a shower, burning, smoking—flaming bodies, with the disheveled hair trailing upward." (lines 189-191)

• "A policeman later went about with tags, which he fastened with wires to the wrists of the dead girls." (lines 193-194)

• "Meanwhile, others managed to reach the fire escape. It had not been designed for a quick exit." (lines 207-208)

Which three words are most opposite in meaning to the word inspection as it is used in this sentence?

“An hour later, Chief Croker made his inspection.”

(lines 242-243)

• glance

• investigation

• hiding

• overlook

• observation

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

With which statement would the author most likely agree?

• The Triangle Factory characters felt that the 10th floor was the best floor to escape the fire.

• The Triangle Factory Fire was a based on a story that happened back in 1899.

• The Triangle Factory was aware that the fire was going to happen.

• The Triangle Factory had enough fire extinguishers to put out the fire themselves.

Part B

Which evidence from the passage best supports the response in Part A?

• “By 4:40PM, the cutters had finished their work” (Lines 31)

• “People began to jump singly or in groups of two or three, holding hands as they stepped out the windows.”

  (lines 178-179)

• It’s alive. At least it’s alive.” (line 265)

• “Those who worked there, or reached it from the floor below, survived by dashing up the stairs to the roof.”(lines 223-225)