Collections Grade 7 Guiding Questions

Collection 6

“from Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy” by Albert

Marrin

Read the selection from the history writing Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The

Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin. Then, reread the lines indicated

with each question below. Answer each question, citing text evidence.

1. Lines 1–30: What is the main

activity on each of the three floors?

What details reveal the danger of

fire on each floor?

from the lines 1-30 the main activity

on the 3 floors are:

2. Lines 40–44: Which details show

the author interpreting his

research?

3. Lines 45–71: Summarize this

section by stating the main idea of

each paragraph in a sentence.

4.Lines 89–96: What are especially

vivid descriptive details in this

paragraph? Why does the author

include those details?

5.Lines 100–104: What do Mary

Bucelli’s words reveal about the

situation?

6. Lines 152–177: Determine what

each paragraph is mainly about, and

state each main idea in a sentence.

7.Lines 182–196: Why did the author

include this excerpt?

8. Lines 207–219: Summarize the

most important information about the

fire escape.

9.Lines 223–239: Which sentence

states the main idea in this passage?

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What details support that idea?

10.Lines 254–265: What details

describe Chief Croker? Why does the

author include them?

1. Draw Conclusions- According to the author, why might workers have

jumped from the windows?

2. Cite Evidence- What does the author seem to think of the firefighters’

efforts during this disaster?

3. Evaluate- What is most important to understand about this event?

4. Connect- Why is the story of the Triangle Fire still being told

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What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.

Which type of pronoun clearly shows what is being referred to a specific person place or thing