The Economic Impact of Slavery

Question 1

What word best describes Mrs. Flint?

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cold-hearted

Question 2

Based on this description, Mrs. Flint did most✔ nonevery little of the work in the house.

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✔ none

Question 3

Reread this passage from the selection.Why did Mrs. Flint spit in the kettles and pans used for cooking?

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to keep the enslaved women and children from eating the leftovers

Question 4

Reread the passage about dinner time with Mrs. Flint.What were the enslaved people allowed to eat?

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only what Mrs. Flint gave them

Question 5

How old were the mill girls?

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Most were around 20, with some as young as 10 and others in middle age.

Question 6

Reread the passage about the mill girls, and then answer the question.What did the doffers do?

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change out full bobbins for empty ones

Question 7

Read the passage, and then decide if each statement is true or false.The doffers worked only part of every hour. X truefalseEveryone except the doffers had to work fourteen hours a day. truefalseIt took many years for working hours to be shortened. truefalse

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X true; false

Question 8

According to the passage, as the girls grew older they began to demand

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a shorter workday.

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