Perspective and Making Inferences in Loom and Spindle — Quiz
Question 7 • Literature and Composition I
Read the excerpt from Loom and Spindle . And we named our sunbonnets "log-cabins," and set our teacups (we drank from saucers then) in little glass tea-plates, with log-cabins impressed on the bottom. The part the Lowell mill-girls took in these and similar events serves to show how wide-awake and up to date many of these middle-century working-women were. Which statement best describes the narrator’s perspective in the excerpt?
Answer
A
She is proud of the mill-girls’ contribution to political events in her youth.
B
She is impressed by the fame that the mill-girls achieved in her youth.
C
She is sentimental about the friendships that have endured throughout her life.
D
She is amused by the unusual fashions that factory girls once wore.