Lyddie Ch. 12 & 13 Mid-Unit Check In

“The pay reflected her proficiency… While the other girls grumbled that their piece rates had dropped so that it had hardly been worth slaving through the summer heat, she kept her silence” (86). What does this quote show about how Lyddie was paid?

• She was paid well because the overseer liked her.
• She was paid a higher hourly wage because she had worked there longer.
• She was paid by how much cloth she wove.
• She was paid less than she had been paid in the tavern.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.9A

"So it was that when the Concord Corporation once again speeded up the machinery, she, almost alone, did not complain” (89). Why did Lyddie not complain about the speed-up?

• More than anything, she wanted to earn enough money to reunite her family and get the farm back.
• She didn’t care what the other girls thought of her.
• She wanted to please Mr. Mardsen.
• She wanted to earn more money, and the corporation raised wages when it sped up the machinery.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.9A

“I’m worn out, Amelia. We’re all worn out,” Betsy says (91). Who is the "we" that Betsy is referring to?

• Lyddie
• the Lowell's
• the women who work in the mill
• the ladies at church

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CCSS.RL.7.1

Why are they “all worn out”?

• Each worker has more machines.
• They stayed up too late reading.
• They own multiple factories.
• The machines have been breaking.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

How does the speed-up in Chapter 13 affect Lyddie?

• She is worried about Betsy.
• She eats more to keep up her energy.
• She is mentally and physically exhausted.
• She works harder so Mr. Mardsen can win a prize.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which detail does not support the claim that Lyddie is free?

• She has to work to pay the debt on the farm.
• She is making more money in the mills than she could elsewhere.
• She escapes her physical surroundings by reading.
• She wants to work this hard—she does not want to work fewer looms or fewer hours.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which detail does not support the claim that Lyddie is enslaved?

• She works long days under difficult conditions.
• She cannot complain or sign a petition, or she will be fired and/or blacklisted.
• She has chosen to come to work in the mills to pay off the loan on the farm to keep the family together.
• The company and overseers make a lot of money by speeding up work, but her wages don’t increase.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.9A

What bad news does Lyddie receive in the letter from her Mother?

• Her mother went back to the farm.
• Agnes has died.
• Her mother has paid of the debt for the farm.
• Charlie got fired from his job.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

After she reads the letter, Lyddie thinks: “She must work harder. She must earn all the money to pay what they owed, so she could gather her family together back on the farm while she still had family left to gather” (p. 88). What does this passage tell you about what Lyddie fears?

• Lyddie fears that she will never get a 10-hour work day.
• Lyddie fears that her whole family is dead.
• Lyddie fears that bad things will happen to her family if she doesn't pay off the debts.
• Lyddie fears that she will be fired from the mill.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

“It was almost as if they had exchanged natures, as if she had become the machine, perfectly tuned to the roaring, clattering beasts in her care” (97). What does tuned to mean?

• away from
• in sync with
• fighting with
• attacking

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4