Question
Guests n as two parts. Fast, answer Fat A. then, answer rat b.
Part A
What is the central idea of the "Shame" section in paragraphs 18-21 of "Frances Perkins and the
Triangle Factory Fire"?
The memorial march forced Frances Perkins to take a close look at her own life.
The memory of the fire continued to stay with Frances Perkins for many years.
O The fire was the first of many tragedies that Frances Perkins witnessed during her life.
Frances Perkins became more dedicated in her fight for the rights of workers after the
fire.
Part B
Select two sentences from paragraph 21 of the selection that best support the answer to Part A.
The fire and its aftershocks left a deep mark on Frances Perkins. Up until that point she had
lobbied for worker rights and on behalf of the poor, but she had been on a conventional
trajectory, toward a conventional marriage, perhaps, and a life of genteel good works. After
the fire, what had been a career turned into a vocation. Moral indignation set her on a
different course. Her own desires and her own ego became less central and the cause itself
became more central to the structure of her life. The niceties of her class fell away. She
became impatient with the way genteel progressives went about serving the poor.
Answer
The fire and its aftershocks left a deep mark on Frances Perkins, which caused her to become more dedicated in her fight for the rights of workers and her own desires and ego became less central as the cause itself became more central to the structure of her life.