Vocabulary
What does "frowsled" mean?
Messed up
The first person to talk to the wandering child
The nursemaid/nanny
location of the wealthy child's imaginary fire
A post on the corner
Toy of the pretty child
Fire Engine
A little boy from a ___ neighborhood wanders into a ___ one
poor... rich
The 1890s were a time of mass immigration. True or false?
True
What is a "chain shirt"?
A type if armor
Give two details from the beginnig of the story that the protagonist is not well-cared-for.
Holes in shoes, soiled clothing, looks beaten up
Two details that show that the neighborhood the baby has wandered into is a wealthy one.
Paved streets, carriages, people with flowers, silver rattle, heapss of rugs and cushions, servants, an avenue
There were heaps of these two things.
A servant tells the wandering toddler to ___ because he's ___ .
go away... dirty
The ___ Age was followed by the ___ Era as people sought to improve living and working conditions for Americans,
Gilded...Progressive
What is the word "stolid" applied to in the story?
The houses
Giver of the toy fire engine
Mother
The colors the sun makes on the houses in the rich neighborhood.
Gold and silver
The baby in the carriage shakes a gorgeuous one
rattle
The wandering toddler sees two ___ taking care of children.
nursery maids
Author of How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
What word is used to describe the rumble of the carriages?
Musical
How the pretty child speaks to the wandering toddler (adverb)
"disdainfully"
At the end, the wandering toddler goes down a ___ side street "as into a swallowing ____ ."
dark... cavern
The wandering toddler's first plaything in the story.
A piece of rope
The wandering toddler encouters a rich boy who will not ___ his ___ .
share ... toy (fire engine)
New developments in _____ came at a faster rate than any other time in history.
Technology
What is a "perambulator"?
Baby carriage
Give two reasons why the pretty child is not a sympathetic character.
He snobby, he's selfish, he's cowardly/weak
The narrator refers to the rich neighborhood as this because it is so vastly differnt from the neighborhood where the wandering toddler is from (3 words)
"a strange country"
This falls as the wandering baby looks at the rich neighborhood.
His lower jaw
Eventually, the wandering toddler wins a ____ and runs off with the ____ .
fight/struggle/conflict... toy fire engine
What is the name of the most crowded neighborhood in Gilded Age Manhattan (3 words, indicating its location)
Lower East Side