Lyddie Chapter 18

Why has Lyddie become worried about Rachel in chapter 17?

• The owner of the boardinghouse will no longer allow Rachel to stay at the boardinghouse
• Rachel has developed a very bad cough that wakes her up at night.
• The factory owner has agreed to allow Rachel to work a very dangerous job at the mill.
• Rachel gets a fever and can no longer remember her name or the people around her.

How does living with Rachel affect Lyddie?

• Lyddie becomes bitter and resentful because she has to take care of Rachel.
• Lyddie becomes angrier and angrier at her mother for sending Rachel to live with her.
• Lyddie becomes friendlier and nicer as a result of Rachel's influence.
• Lyddie becomes overjoyed because she will receive money from the state of Massachusetts to take care of Rachel because she is under the age of 18. 

Read this excerpt about Lyddie's recovery from the fever.
It has been two weeks since she fell ill, and Dr. Morris still refused to let her return to work. Her mind roared protest, but her legs could hardly carry her to the privy. Her body has never betrayed her before. She despisedits weakness..."
In this passage, what does the word despised mean?

• hated
• looked forward to
• enjoyed
• questioned

Read the following passage from chapter 17 about Lyddie taking Rachel to her first day of work at the mill.
It was arranged.  Lyddie suspected that Mrs. Bedlow had added a few years and several pounds in her description of Rachel to the agent, but a skepticallook was all she got from the overseer on the spinning room floor when she presented Rachel for work the next morning.
What is an antonym for the word skeptical?

• doubtful
• confident
• negative
• surprised

Read the following conversation between Lyddie and Rachel about how Rachel helped take care of Lyddie during her fever.
Rachel's brow furrowed, but her eyes were clear, not the dead, blank eyes of her arrival.  Lyddie stroked her hair, 'I had me such a good nurse. I couldn't have believed it.' Rachel smiled and nodded at the writing box. 'Tell Charlie,' she said. 'I'll be sure to,' Lyddie said. 'He'll be monstrousproud.'
In the context of this passage, what is the dictionary definition of the word monstrous as it is used in this sentence?

• scarily
• not very
• quietly
• extremely

In chapter 18, Lyddie reluctantly agrees to let Rachel go to when the Phinneys offer to take care of both Charlie and Rachel.  Lyddie also finds out that the family farm has been bought by the Stevenses.  However, Lyddie continues to work hard at the factory.
Howdo these events represent a turning point in the story?

• Lyddie no longer has to weigh concerns for her family against concerns about factory conditions and her own life.
• Lyddie makes a major decision to marry Luke Stevens since his family now owns the farm.
• Lyddie makes a regrettable decision to run away with Rachel for the Phinneys cannot claim her.
• Lyddie decides she will no longer have contact with her own family because she thinks it will be for their own good.

After Luke Stevens' marriage proposal, Lyddie compares what it would be like to be married to Luke Stevens to...

• a state of slavery
• winning the lottery
• a restful vacation
• having her family back together

Who will receive the money when Lyddie's farm is sold?

• Lyddie
• Lyddie's mother
• Aunt Clarissa and Uncle Judah
• The Phinneys

Which plot point is too minor to be included in a summary of chapter 18?

• Lyddie agrees to let Rachel live with the Phinneys.
• Charlie tells Lyddie the farm will be sold.
• Charlie rides the train, and then a stagecoach, to visit Lyddie in Lowell.
• Luke Stevens asks Lyddie to marry him in a letter that Charlie deliver to Lyddie.

For what reason does Diana leave her job at the factory in chapter 19?

• She has developed a cough similar to Rachel's and must leave for health-related reasons.
• She was caught signing the labor petition by the Concord Corporation and has been fired.
• She is pregnant and does not want her reputation to affect the factory girls who are trying to get better working conditions.
• She has a very ill relative in Virginia who needs Diana to care for them.