The House That Jane Built

What happened that made Jane Addams want to help people?

• She felt lost after school was over.

• She grew up in a poor neighborhood.

• She saw people begging for spoiled food.

• She was denied an education because she was a woman.

Answer explanation

How did Jane Addams get the idea for Hull House?

• She saw a settlement house in London.

• She read about settlement houses in a book.

• She lived in a settlement house as a young girl.

• She learned about settlement houses from her father.

Answer explanation

How is a settlement house different from other houses for the poor?

• It does not offer classes to the people.

• It gives shelter to families with children.

• It provides people with food and clothing.

• It offers poor and well-off people a place to live together.

Answer explanation

What did Jane do when a man broke into Hull House?

• She gave him a job.

• She called the police.

• She gave him some money.

• She started locking the doors.

Answer explanation

The selection says that Jane was generous. What does the word GENEROUS mean?

• doing creative things

• having a lot of money

• not willing to give up

• showing kindness to others

Match the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the word in all capital letters in the sentence.

• neighborhood

• She will DONATE the dog food at the animal shelter.

• giving

• The doctors at the clinic TRANSFORMED the lives of people.

• changed

• They will try to CONVINCE him to go with them to the fair.

• give away

• The people on our street are part of our COMMUNITY.

• persuade

• The students were very GENEROUS with their time.

Type the word: community

Type the word: convince

Type the word: generous

Type the word: transform