Perspective and Making Inferences in Loom and Spindle — Quiz
Question 4 • Literature and Composition I
Read the excerpt from Loom and Spindle . When the day came on which the girls were to turn out, those in the upper rooms started first, and so many of them left that our mill was at once shut down. Then, when the girls in my room stood irresolute, uncertain what to do, asking each other, "Would you?" or "Shall we turn out?" and not one of them having the courage to lead off, I, who began to think they would not go out, after all their talk, became impatient, and started on ahead, saying, with childish bravado, "I don't care what you do, I am going to turn out, whether any one else does or not;" and I marched out, and was followed by the others. As I looked back at the long line that followed me, I was more proud than I have ever been since at any success I may have achieved, and more proud than I shall ever be again until my own beloved State gives to its women citizens the right of suffrage. Why is the narrator proud?
Answer
A
because she participated in a march that advertised women’s rights
B
because she encouraged the women in her state to demand suffrage
C
because she used her writing to criticize the unfair practices at her mill
D
because she helped conduct a strike as part of a larger labor movement
Explanation
The narrator is proud because she led the girls in her room out of the mill, joining the workers who had already stopped work. This was a strike: the workers collectively left to protest their working conditions. The excerpt connects her pride in leading the walkout to her later hope that women will gain the right to vote, but it does not say she was marching to advertise women’s rights.
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