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__**Chapter 1**__
1. What point of view is this story written in? This story is written in first person point of view which is told by Margaret Rose because it uses "we" and "I".

2. Why were people ordered to go to the center of the ship? People were ordered to go to the center of the ship because they were passing the Statue of Liberty and everyone ran to the railing of the boat to see her and boat was tilting.

3. What was Margaret Rose's reaction to the Statue of Liberty (give details)? Margaret Rose's reaction the the Statue of Liberty was a soft green color, her cheeks looked rosy from the sun, she was big and tall. Then Margaret started to say the poem that she remembered from the statue, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses....." then she made a comment that she was all the things and that this was the start of a new life for her.

4. Explain the last line of chapter one. The last line in chapter one was "Here we are America," I whispered, "We're just what you ordered." This sentence means that from the poem that she remembered, it's what it's asking for, like when it says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses," is what Margaret Rose's family is, so what she is saying is that (the last line in the chapter) what the poem is saying is basically what America is asking for. That's what the last line means.

__**Chapter 2**__
1. Tell about the experience of landing in Ellis Island through Margaret Rose's point of view. Landing on Ellis Island through Margaret Rose's point of view was that she knew that your family could be separated so that made her scared. She was also worried about how will she find her family after examination and how well would she do during examination. She was worrying through out the whole way. Margaret made sure to stay away from people who looked sick. Margaret thought that Ellis Island was a pretty place but it was sad to think it could leave disappointment for families.

2. What happened to little Joseph? After little Joseph eye exam the workers made an mark on his jacket saying E C. Joseph had an infection in his eye and that no one was aloud in America if they had it so they have to send him back to Ireland.

__**Chapter 3**__
1. What was the problem in this chapter? The problem in this chapter is that someone has to go home with Joseph and the family is trying to figure out who. they cannot leave Joseph to go back to Ireland because he is so young still. 2. How are they planning on fixing it? The father says he will go back with him and he will give him to his mother to take care of because the whole family can't go back do to lack of money so the father will get a job and work until he has enough again to come back to America.the father makes sure that Margaret Rose takes care of her mother. 3. Describe what Grandma Dolan thinks of children? Grandma Dolan raises kids like cabbage, children will do fine if you pull out the weeds.

4. How would you feel if you were in this family? If I was this family I would be furious that my little brother had to go back to Ireland even though his eye looked fine before. I would also be upset that my brother hopes were gone and he had to wait again until he looked like his eye was better. I would feel this because our whole family passed and we got to be Americans but not him. I would wish each night that he will get better soon and be able to live with us sometime soon.

** __Chapter 4__ **
1. What was it like for the Nolan's to get into this country? For the Nolan's to get into the country (America) they had to wait for awhile until there name got called. Once they thought there name was called but it wasn't really them, it wan someone else so they went to the desk but the man there was a little rude said go back to their seats and listen more carefully for their name to be called. Then Rose's family name got called. They went to a desk. The man at the desk had many questions for them like; name, birthplace, destination, were will they be staying jobs and some background check's. Finally they were registered and were ready to be Americans.

2. Why did Rose say that trumpets were playing in her head? Rose said that there were trumpets playing in her head because she was entering America and it was to her, there grand entrance but since it wasn't happening in reality she was playing the trumpets in her head.

**__Chapter 5__**
1. Why does Ma move them to the middle of a large crowd and then start smiling and talking to Rose as if she has not seen her in awhile? Ma moves to the middle of the circle and starts talking to Rose as if she hasn't seen her in awhile is because she over heard a conversation were you couldn't go into America if one of your relatives didn't come to pick you up so she made it look like they weren't mother and daughter so they could get in and aboard the ferry to New York City with no problems.

2. Why did Rose think that Ma was thinking they may have lost an opportunity to be together as a family? Rose thought that Ma might of been thinking of losing an opportunity to be a family because Maureen said that if America didn't want you in their country so bad that the government would of paid for your trip back to were your from so that got Ma thinking that she and the rest of the family could go him with Joseph and Dad and have the government pay for the ride. Rose could read it from the expression on Ma's face.

3. What is meant by, "The streets of America were paved in gold?" Why does Rose believe that this is true at this time? "The streets of America were paved in gold," means that you could have more opportunities, a chance at being wealthy and a better life in America by the way it say America were paved in gold. Rose believes that statement is true at the time because a police officer gave Rose's family some coins.

__**Chapter 6**__
1. What was the reaction they got when they reached Patrick's house? When Rose's family got to Patrick's house, his wife opened the door and Ma tried to explain who she was but the woman closed the door right in their faces but Patrick cam in and asked who it was. Patrick recognized Ma and gave a big hug! Patrick then welcomed them into there house and invited Rose's family in for dinner. Patrick was the only one out of the family who welcomed them in.

2. What is the main idea of this chapter? The main idea in this chapter is Rose's family get's to Patrick's house but there has been a mixed up in the letter, Patrick's family didn't get the letter that Rose's family was coming to America but Patrick let's them stay in his home anyway. Rose and Ma get the reaction from Patrick's wife and her 2 daughters that they don't like the whole idea that Rose's family is staying in their home and she is showing it in a non-so-like lady way by having silent conversations with he daughters.

__**Chapter 7**__
1. What is an outdoor privy?\ An outdoor privy is an outdoor outhouse or bathroom. Most houses then didn't have bathrooms inside so the bathrooms were outside and called as "privy's" 2. Give examples of what about Patrick's house gives Rose dread. An example that gave Rose dread at Patrick's house is that Rose could always here Elsa and her two daughters talking to each other about how they don't like it how Rose's family is staying at there house and Rose doesn't like hearing about there complains**.** Another example is that Rose feels like her family is costing them a lot of money on Patrick's family and she doesn't want Elsa to be complaining about that too. Another thing that Rose dreads about Patrick's house is she doesn't want to be a bother on how long it takes her to get ready.

__**Chapter 8**__
1. Why was Ma so unhappy with Uncle Patrick? Ma was unhappy with Uncle Patrick is because he wasn't Catholic anymore and that was his original religious group back in Ireland and she was upset that group wasn't what he practiced anymore.

2. "Ma put on her shawl with the flourish of a matador," - what does this mean? A matador is a bullfighter so I think Ma is going to try to win the fight like a bullfighter would.

__**Chapter 9**__
1. Why didn't Ma want to waste the breakfast food? Ma didn't want to waste breakfast food because she thought it would be an insult to Elsa that they didn't eat her cooking. Also she told Rose about all the people who starved in Ireland and died so that she should be grateful to have food and she should eat it.

2. What was the tension that was hanging over them like a "swinging sword?" The tension that was hanging like a swinging sword is that Uncle Patrick's family doesn't go to Catholic Churches anymore his family goes to an Lutheran Church and he didn't tell Ma about it.

3. Why do you think Ma apologized to Patrick? I think Ma apologized to Patrick because early that day Ma was criticizing him on how he wasn't Catholic anymore and she wanted to say sorry about it and that she shouldn't of yelled at him for that. I also think she apologized to him is so he doesn't think Ma is rude and he wont try to move them out.

__**Chapter 10**__
1. Trudy said the the girls were crampin' her style with her beau - what does this mean? Trudy meant she said the girls were crampin' her style with her beau is that the word "beau" means a male companion so she means that with Rose's family staying her house it's making her look bad. Like her //style// isn't as good as it used to be, before Rose's family moved in.

2. What is Rose's idea to help her family? Why did she think this was important? Rose's idea to help her family is that she wants to get a job. She feels this is important because then her family could move out from Uncle Patrick's home and get their own home to live in so they wouldn't be a bother to Elsa and her two daughters anymore.

Read chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14 due Thursday, 26th (no school Wednesday)
__**Chapter 11**__ 1. Where did Rose try and find a job and why was she rejected? Rose tried to find a job at a shoe store but got rejected because she didn't have any experience. Rose also tried a job at a store were they sold dresses but they didn't need any help and by the way the workers there looked at her, they probably thought she looked to poor to work at their store. Also Rose tried a bakery but since the woman working there said she could hardly afford stuff with just her and her husband and they didn't accept her but the Baker gave Rose directions to were she could get work.

2. What is the difference between a peddler and a petaler? A "peddler" is a person who goes door to door selling items, were a "petaler" is a person who makes flowers and puts petals on flowers.

3. What is a "greenhorn?" A //greenhorn// is a person who just came over to America from another place.

4. Do you think it was right for Rose to nod that she knew how to make roses? No I don't think Rose should of done that because soon her boss will figure out that she was lying and possibly get into trouble for lying to him.

__**Chapter 12**__

1. What was the main idea for this chapter? In chapter twelve Rose had to show the other girls that she was an experienced worker that knew how to make flowers even though she didn't and she confessed. Mr. Moscovitz said that was fine and let her have the job. Also Rose gets taught how to make rose petals by a girl named Tessa. But Mr. Moscovitz comes around and touches her but Tessa tells her to make sure he doesn't do that because it's wrong and bad.

2. What questions do you have? Why did Mr. Moscovitz touch Rose in the first place? I also am wandering how the girls told their boss to not touch them?

__**Chapter 13**__

1. Why were mother and Elsa arguing? Ma and Elsa were arguing because Rose was gone for the whole day and when Elsa figured where she worked, she got mad because it's a dangerous neighborhood and also it's a bad reputation for Patrick. Also Ma was still mad that they go to Lutheran Church and not a Catholic church.

2. Do you think Rose should continue working at the sweatshop? Why or why not? No I do not because her boss does not know how to keep his hands to himself and she gets really sacred at night when Rose has to go home and she dose not get well paid at her job and Elsa and her daughters thinks she is wrong for doing that so she doesn't get respected.

3. What does "despicable" mean found on page 87? The word "despicable" means that something that's despised which means disgusting or you dislike something.

4. What does the last paragraph of this chapter mean? The last paragraph means is that Elsa part of the family has an opinion of Rose's family and the opinion is that Rose's family says stuff that they wouldn't so whenever Rose says stuff it just proves Elsa and her daughters opinion. __**Chapter 14**__

1. Why was Tessa so upset with Rose? Tessa was upset with Rose because Rose was taking work home and she was taking home more then she normally gets done at work so that means all the girls get paid less then they normally get paid.

2. What would you have done? I would of got a new job because knowing how many people I was upsetting would not make me proud of myself and also I was getting a lousy pay so I could find a better job.

3. What do you predict will happen in the next couple of chapters? In the next chapters I think that Rose will get a new job because Elsa notices that Rose is taking work home and she forces Rose to quit so she has to get a new job for pay.

Read chapters 15, 16, 17 and 18 due Monday, January 30th
__**Chapter 15**__ 1. Why did Ma ask Rose if she enjoyed her walk? Rose actually went back to the stem shop to talk to Mr. Moscovitz to see if she could take work home with her and when she returned Elsa was home Ma asked did she enjoy her walk to cover up her going back.

2. Why do you think Rose was so argumentative to Maureen? Rose was argumentative with Maureen because she really wanted to get the work done and Maureen kept complaining about it making the flowers and Rose was getting impatient.

3. Why did Trudy scream, "I just want to die?" Trudy screamed //I just to die!// because Rose and her family were working on their paper flower job and Trudy walked in and her boyfriend was with her and he saw them working and she was embarrassed so she screamed at them in a dramatic way at them.

4. Why do you think that Ma didn't stop Maureen from fighting? I think Ma let Maureen fight because she knew she probably wouldn't be able to stop Maureen from fighting. She probably couldn't stop her, because living with Elsa and her two daughters was probably hard for Maureen because they were always snotty and sassy with her family and she was so young so she didn't know if she should do it or not and she decided to go after her.

__**Chapter 16**__ 1. What would you have done if you were Uncle Patrick? I probably would of done the same thing as him because Maureen fought with his daughter, but if I saw the way my wife and her two daughters acting to my sister and her family I would have talked to my wife at the start of the whole thing instead of waiting for something to happen and having the family that was living with me, get another place.

2. Why did Ma start to cry? Why do you think she was crying now when even when her mom and dad died she didn't cry? I think Ma was crying because her family that she loved was all the way across the world and she couldn't be with them. She was thinking through all the memories she had with them and at the moment she was stuck with someone that was saying they had to move out so she was probably tired and stressed out not being able to be with them. I think she didn't cry when her parents died because she was being comforted by the ones she loved.

3. Why did Da think it was so important to bring his family to America? I think Da thought it was important to bring his family to America because it would be an opportunity and a new experience for them. It would be an opportunity for them because they might be able to get more jobs and it's a new experience for them to discover something new.

4. Why did Rose feel so strongly about staying in America? Rose felt so strongly staying in America because that's all her dad talked about. She also knew what she would be in for back at Ireland, raising kids for her own and you could tell she wasn't thrilled about it so she knew she had to make away to stay.

5. Do you think it was a good idea that Maureen also stayed? Why or why not? I think it was good for Maureen to stay with Rose because she has someone to be with. I think she might not have been that strong if she didn't have someone supporting her along her way and that it was a good idea. The money might be tight but if Rose got a well paid job, she would be able to support Maureen and herself.

6. Why did Rose make promises that she knows she couldn't keep? Rose made promises she knew she couldn't keep because she knows that the only to get into America is make the promises she knows she can't keep just to please her mom and make her mom feel that she can trust her.

__**Chapter 17**__ 1. Describe Mr. Garoff's room that he rented to the girls. The room Mr. Garoff rented to the girls was like a closet, but bigger and there was no furniture in the room. The room did get warmth from the stove in from the kitchen. The room had a tiny window that was sealed shut.

2. Do you think this will be a good place for the girls to live? Why or why not? I think it will be a good place to start because if the girls get close enough to the family they are renting from, it would make life easier on them.

3. Describe Gussie? Do you think she will end up being a good friend, why or why not? Gussie has a lot of pep and she seems to be confident on what she's doing. What I mean by this is that she won't back down to something no matter what so I think she will be a great friend to Roe because she will help her along the way.

__**Chapter 18**__

1. Why did Rose go to the sweatshop on Monday morning? Rose went to go to the sweatshop to deliver her stems and get her works pay.

2. What made Rose go back? Rose had to go back because her boss said that sorting her stems would take to long so come after work so she can get her pay after everyone had left to go home.

3. What lesson do you think she learned? I think that Rose learned that if someone gives you advice and they mean it, like they say it in a scolding way, take it because they might know something about the topic.

4. What do you think will happen in the next chapter? I think that in the next chapter Gussie will find out why Rose is so upset and knowing her personality she will make Rose go back to the shop with confidence and make sure Rose gets what she needs and what her boss owes her.

Read chapters 19, 20 and 21 due Wednesday, February 1st
__**Chapter 19**__ 1. What strike is Gussie talking about? Why is she telling Rose the stories of the strike? The type of strike Gussie is talking about is were you quit your job or threaten to until you get what you want. She was telling Rose stories about this because she heard of her incident and she was saying why she went on strike and she fought for many reasons but nothing really changed.

2. Why did Gussie talk to Rose about a sewing machine? Gussie was talking to Rose about a sewing machine because Rose had to get a new job so she wanted to know if she had sewing skills, so she could get a job at the Triangle, she does but on a sewing machine so Gussie was asking so that maybe she could get a job at the Triangle if she knew how too.

3. What did Gussie mean when she said, "I haven't had a good fight in a long time?" Gussie meant "I haven't had a good fight in a long time" because she went on strike with hundreds of people and she got into many fights with store people and know that she could have another fight with Mr. Moscovitz with Rose on her side, it would her first one in awhile sense she went on strike.

__**Chapter 20**__ 1. Explain what happened when Rose and Gussie went back to visit Mr. Moscovitz? When Rose and Gussie went to Mr. Moscovitz, Rose got nervous before she came in and threw up but she got over it and went right in, Rose then confronted him saying he owed her. Like one thing she confronted him with was her jacket. He let her have it easily but then she said he owed her money for the stems she made, so he slapped some bills into her hands before his workers couldn't catch on of what was happening.

2. Why do you think that Rose became very strong and tough with Mr. Moscovitz? I think that Rose became strong with her boss because after she saw what she had done to him, biting his nose, having Gussie on her side and all the girls knew what she was talking about, it made her feel confident on what she wanted to say to him knowing that she wasn't the only one who had been harmed by him.

3. Why do you think Gussie said she, "Doesn't approve of child labor?" Gussie said she "I don't approve of child labor," because Maureen offered to work at the Triangle too, but u have to be fourteen to be legal and Maureen is twelve so Gussie did not like that Maureen wanted to work and when inspectors came, the underage-rs had to hide in the elevator.

__**Chapter 21**__ 1. Why did Jacob bring over a sewing machine? Jacob brought over a sewing machine so Rose can practice using it so that she can a job at the Triangle so if she gets the job she will know what to do and be experienced.

2. Why did Jacob call Gussie a "Union Activist?" Jacob called Gussie a "Union Activist" because Gussie was saying how it wasn't fair that men don't get checked when they leave but woman do and she thinks it's not fair.

3. What did Gussie mean when she said, "No, Papa, We fight a battle we cannot lose?" Gussie means that she knows that if she tries hard you can do what you want to achieve in life no matter if it's hard.

Read chapters 22, 23 and 24 due Friday, February 3rd
__**Chapter 22**__ 1. How did Gussie lose her job as a sample maker? Gussie lost her job as a sample maker because she came in late because she was helping Rose with her problems with her boss Mr. Moscovitz.

2. Why didn't she seem upset about this? Gussie didn't seem upset about it because it's her personality, she goes with what she told and she fights for whats fair and what was done was done and she knew she had to accept it because that's how it is.

3. What are deadlights? Deadlights are something that look like small windows and in the story they let sunlight into the basement of the factory.

4. Describe the Triangle. The Triangle is very crowed, tables that were long were throughout the whole floor so you are crammed at some table space and your back to back to another worker.

5. Why did Rose say that the job was too hard? Was she giving up too soon? Do you think Gussie will let Rose quit? I think Rose said the job was to hard because it took her awhile for her to get a hang of the machine and she sewed into her finger and she was afraid.I think Rose gave up to quick because it was only her first day at work and she hadn't worked a machine like that before. If Rose was going to quit, I think Gussie wouldn't let her because she just started and I know Gussie isn't the person to back down on something so I think she wouldn't let Rose either.

__**Chapter 23**__ 1. What is Yiddish? Yiddish is a language other than English. It is a Jewish language.

2. Why does it seem like the other Roses don't like Gussie? It seems like the other Roses don't like Gussie because she always has standards she has to follow were the other Roses have fun a lot and like to buy clothes so they have two different personality's.

3. What is a "nickelodeon?" A //nickelodeon// is a theater. Modern day, we call call it the movies, the movie theater.

__**Chapter 24**__ 1. Why did Rose leave Gussie to walk home by herself? Rose left Gussie to walk home by herself because the other Roses invited her to walk home with them and walk around for a little bit.

2. What is the main idea of this chapter? The main idea in this chapter is Rose and Maureen experiencing the nickelodeon for their first time and how surprised they were. Also how all the Roses made a good friendship with each other at work.

3. Why does Gussie keep fighting for union rights? Gussie fights for the union rights because she believes that many things aren't fair and they should be fixed no matter how long it takes, she wants things to be equal.

4. Why do you think Gussie is so serious? I think the reason Gussie is so serious is because this way when she fights, she can prove her points. She's serious because this way she knows she right on what's equal and not, it's something she is strong in and it's what she can do that she know she is doing right.

Read chapters 25, 26 and 27 due Monday, February 6th
__**Chapter 25**__

1. Why did Rose keep laughing throughout the movie? Rose laughed in the beginning of the movie because of the moving pictures of the movie and she got the giggles because it was all so new to her and she thought it was different and cool and she couldn't help but to laugh.

2. Why is Gussie working at the Shabbas? Gussie has to work at Shabbes because she needs the extra money because she doesn't earn as much money as she did before because she got demoted so she needed the enough money to support her and her father and maybe bring over her other part og her family to America.

__**Chapter 26**__

1. Why were Gussie and Rose so upset when Maureen showed up at work? Gussie and Rose were upset when Maureen showed up at work because Rose wants her to stay in school to get an education like she promised Ma she would and Gussie doesn't believe in child labor.

2. Why did Rose actually "fight" with Maureen? How would you have handled it? Rose fought with Maureen because Maureen was acting stubborn and not obeying Rose and Rose was getting annoyed with it so she let out all her anger and started to fight with Maureen even though she knew it was wrong. To be honest, if sometimes when I get annoyed with something and someone doing something wrong I will explode but in this situation I probably would of gone to Gussie for help because Maureen was not listening.

__**Chapter 27**__

1. Why doesn't Rose like elevators? Rose doesn't like elevators because they had really jerking stops and starts to them and Rose didn't like it and it made her uneasy so she preferred the stairs.

2. Why didn't Rose jump like her friends? Rose didn't jump with her friends because she was afraid she had in instinct not to but she watched her friends fall which made Rose really sad.

Read chapters 28, 29 and 30 due Wednesday, February 8th
__**Chapter 28**__ 1. How did Rose get to the ground? Rose got to the ground by she found a bucket full of water and dumped it over herself. She then pulled her dress skirt over her head and runs through the fire. She made it through the fire and she made her way to the elevator. She knew she missed her chance of getting in the elevator so she twisted her dress over her hands and slid down the cable. She landed on the top of the elevator and girls cam tumbling down after her. Finally the elevator lowered and Rose got pulled out by fireman.

__**Chapter 29 and 30**__ 1. Why was Rose blaming herself for not being able to find Maureen or Gussie? She was blaming herself for not finding Maureen or Gussie because she was the one who let Maureen work at the Triangle in the first place and also, she got Gussie demoted because she helped Rose with her boss so Rose blaming herself for all this because of the things she did to make he worry about them.

2. What did Gussie's dad mean when he said, "she waits, but not at home?" Mr. Garoff says: "she waits, but not at home," because he has a feeling that something bad happened to her and he knows that she would of gone home if she escaped the fire.

Read chapters 31, 32 and Author's Note due Friday, February 10th
__**Chapter 31**__ 1. Why did Maureen think they should stay in America? Maureen thinks they should stay in America because she thinks that if something goes wrong, it wouldn't be the worse, because they had the experience of the fire so nothing can be worse then the fire.

2. What did Jacob explain when he saw Rose and Maureen? Jacob explained when he saw Rose and Maureen that he asked Gussie to marry him. She said to wait because of her farther and he did. Also Rose was saying it was her fault that Gussie died but he explained to her that Gussie didn't do anything he didn't want to do.

3. Why did Rose feel that it was important to work for a union when she gets another job? Rose thought that it was important to work for a union job because she wanted someone to care for her when she was in a rough situation unlike the Triangle. With the Union, they paid for Gussie funeral and her dad's trip back to Russia, so they actually care for people.

4. Why would having a union in the Triangle made a difference? It would of made a difference if the Triangle had the union because more rules would of been followed, like work space, you have to be 16 to work and it would be legal. One big thing that would make a difference would be to have the doors unlocked so the girls could get out safely in case if something goes wrong. Having the union would of made a big difference to the Triangle.

5. What do you think Rose will do next? I think Rose will start of fresh again, like when she first started, get a room to stay and look for a job and she already has an idea of the union job so Rose has some things figured out for herself and Maureen.

6. Did you think this was a good book, why or why not? I think it was a good book because it showed a life of an immigrant during the Ellis Island time, and how it could feel to lose part of your family. It also shows a lot of mixture of emotion which really got to me so I enjoyed reading it each chapter. I even found myself reading ahead because I had to know more. This whole book seemed real to me, like I was watching a movie and I thought it was a good book.

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