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Paired Passage: Anne of Green Gables/Orphan Trains

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Question 1

1.

Use the excerpt from Anne of Green Gables and "Orphan Trains" to answer questions 1-4:

Which statement describes a similarity between the excerpt from Anne of Green Gables and "Orphan Trains"?

A. Both suggest that the people who arranged these adoptions were criminals.

B. Both illustrate that orphans at the time had little control over their own fate. 

C. Both use stories of real people to show the effects of illegal adoptions. 

D. Both claim that adoption was better than leaving orphans homeless. 

Question 2

2.

Read these sentences from the excerpt from Anne of Green Gables:

Mrs. Blewett darted her eyes over Anne from head to foot.

"How old are you and what's your name?" she demanded.

"Anne Shirley," faltered the shrinking child, not daring to make any stipulations regarding the spelling thereof, "and I'm not eleven years old."

Which sentences from "Orphan Trains" are most closely related to this scene?

A. At orphanages, children were typically underfed and undereducated. Once children reached the age of 14, the orphanages would usually release them. 

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Question 3

3.

What is one way that Anne's experience in this excerpt is different from the information provided in "Orphan Trains"?

A. Anne's birth parents are still alive but too poor to care for Anne. 

B. Anne is treated with love and care at her orphanage. 

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Question 4

4.

Which character in the excerpt from Anne of Green Gables has the most in common with Charles Loring Brace, who is discussed in "Orphan Trains"?

A. Mrs. Spencer

B. Mrs. Blewett 

B. Brace began transporting children via train from New York City, which had a large number of orphans, to central and western states. He believed those parts of the country--in particular, the Midwest--could offer the children a better environment than the East would. 

C. Once they arrived at their destinations, the orphans would be put on display. This was often a humiliating experience for the children, who were examined and questioned by people they'd never met before. 

D. Families who were interested in children would first have to be approved. Once the children joined them, the families would receive yearly visits from agents. 

C. Anne's story is not set during the time period specified in "Orphan Trains". 

D. Anne is sent to a home in a location different from those noted in "Orphan Trains".

C. Anne Shirley

D. Marilla Cuthbert