Question

A girl named Mary Richards, who was thought remarkably pretty at the workhouse, and was not quite 10 years of age, worked at a drawing frame. Below the machine, and about a foot from the floor, was a horizontal shaft, by which the frames above were turned. It happened one evening, when her apron was caught by the shaft. In an instant the poor girl was drawn by an irresistible force and dashed on the floor. She uttered the most heart-rending shrieks! The floor manager ran towards her, an agonized and helpless beholder of a scene of horror. He saw her whirled round and round with the shaft - he heard the bones of her arms, legs, thighs, etc. successively snap asunder, crushed, seemingly, to atoms, as the machinery whirled her round, and drew tighter and tighter her body within the works, her blood was scattered over the frame and streamed upon the floor, her head appeared dashed to pieces - at last, her mangled body was jammed in so fast, between the shafts and the floor, that the water being low and the wheels off the gear, it stopped the main shaft. When she was extricated, every bone was found broken - her head dreadfully crushed. The poor girl was carried off quite lifeless. Directions: After reading the story, type your answer or use the highlight tool to mark the correct answer. Which adjective best describes the factory in which the girl works

Answer 1

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After reading the story, type your answer or use the highlight tool to mark the correct answer.

Which adjective best describes the factory in which the girl works:

a. safe

b. hazardous

c. bright

d. fun

Answer:

The adjective that best describes the factory is:

b. hazardous.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the text, this factory employed children, which is nowadays considered an absurdity in itself. But besides that, it is an extremely dangerous place. The child whose brief story is told, Mary Richards, had her apron stuck in a terribly unsafe machine - a machine that can kill her by crushing her bones. And that is precisely what happens. There is nothing safe about a factory in which it is so easy to die. Certainly, safety measures were not a concern when poor Mary suffered this accident.

Having all that in mind, we can easily choose letter B. hazardous to describe the factory. "Hazardous" is a synonym for "dangerous" or "unsafe".