Part A
Which statements are central ideas of Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's First Bookmobile?
Select the two correct answers.
Mary was not afraid to be a pioneer.
Mary worked hard to better the library experience.
Mary believed libraries were mainly for the rich.
Mary's friends supported her decision to move to Maryland.
Question 2
Part B
Which two details from the text best support the answers in Part A?
"But Mary, always independent, was eager to take on this new challenge."
"'…It remained for Miss Titcomb to show us that libraries are intended for the middle class of people, the working man and woman and children particularly.'"
"She continually looked for ways to improve librarianship, to render it both more efficient and more far-reaching."
"Mary's friends and family thought it would be unwise for her to leave her secure position in Vermont to go by herself to rural Maryland."