4.03 Quiz: Influential Lives 1

Part A
Which statements are central ideas of Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's First Bookmobile?

Select the two answers.

Option (A): Mary immediately won Mr. Dewey's recognition as a librarian.
Option (B): Mary's parents did not support her wish to study languages in school.
Option (C): Mary was a determined woman who sought new opportunities.
Option (D): Women during Mary's time had fewer career choices than men.

Part B

Which two details from the text best support the answers in Part A?

Option (A): "Perhaps spurred on by Dewey's somewhat curt dismissal, Miss Titcomb, rather than give up, worked tirelessly over the next few years both to make a name for herself and to make a difference in her chosen profession."
Option (B): "Mary (or Miss Titcomb, as she was now called) loved nothing more than seeing people's eyes light up when she placed the perfect book in their hands."
Option (C): "Unfortunately, aside from teaching and nursing, not many careers were open to women in the mid-nineteenth century."
Option (D): "Mary loved her time at the seminary. She graduated in 1873, but continued to study French and German there as an unmatriculated student for several more years."