1. Triangle Factory Fire from Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin from The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire by Zachary Kent

2. Vocabulary Terms 1. flammable 2. reign 3. portable 4. inspection 5. corridor 6. enact

3. Which vocabulary term fits this context? Lawn was not just any cotton fabric. Sheer and lightweight, it was beautiful and comfortable—and burned as easily as gasoline. Each layer was separated from the others by a sheet of equally _________ tissue paper. flammable reign portable inspection corridor enact

4. Had there been fire drills, surely more would have survived. Unfortunately, confusion _________. Workers had to make life-and-death decisions in split seconds amid fire, smoke, and panic. It was everyone for themselves. Which vocabulary term fits this context? flammable reigned portable inspection corridor enact

5. Firefighters charged into the building, stretching a hose up the stairways as they went. At the sixth-floor landing, they connected it to the standpipe. Reaching the eighth floor, they crawled into the inferno on their bellies, under the rising smoke, with their hose. Yet nothing they did could save those at the windows. Photos of the ___________ towers show streams of water playing on the three top floors. (A modern high- pressure pumper can send water as high as one thousand feet.) flammable reign portable inspection corridor enact Which vocabulary term fits this context?

6. By 5:15 p.m., exactly thirty-five minutes after flames burst from beneath a cutting table, firefighters had brought the blaze under control. An hour later, Chief Croker made his ________. He found that the Asch Building had no damage to its structure. Its walls were in good shape; so were the floors. It had passed the test. It was fireproof. Which vocabulary term fits this context? flammable reign portable inspection corridor enact

7. Accused of ignoring their employees’ safety, Triangle owners Blanck and Harris were charged with manslaughter. During the three week trial angry citizens packed the courtroom. Outside, in the _________, women screamed, “Murderers! Murderers! Make them suffer for killing our children!” flammable reign portable inspection corridors enact Which vocabulary term fits this context?

8. As a result of the Commission’s shocking findings, New York State quickly passed thirty-three new labor laws by 1914. These laws formed the foundation of New York State’s Industrial Code, the finest in the nation. Soon other states followed New York’s example and _________ protective labor laws. Which vocabulary term fits this context? flammable reign portable inspection corridor enacted

9. Vocabulary Terms 1. flammable 2. reign 3. portable 4. inspection 5. corridor 6. enact

10. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin

11. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 1. Lines 1–30: What is the main activity on each of the three floors? What details reveal the danger of fire on each floor?

12. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 2. Lines 40–44: Which details show the author interpreting his research?

13. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 3. Lines 45–71: Summarize this section in your own words by stating the main idea of each paragraph in a sentence.

14. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 4. Lines 89–96: What are especially vivid descriptive details in this paragraph? Why does the author include those details?

15. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 5. Lines 100–104: What do Mary Bucelli’s words reveal about the situation?

16. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 6. Lines 120–125: What is the reason why the ninth-floor stairway was locked? Why do you think the author included this detail?

17. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 7. Lines 130–132: What does the detail “lapping in” help readers understand?

18. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 8. Lines 152–177: Determine what each paragraph is mainly about, and state each main idea in a sentence.

19. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 9. Lines 182–196: Why did the author include this excerpt?

20. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 10. Lines 207–219: Summarize the most important information about the fire escape.

21. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 11. Lines 223–239: Which sentence states the main idea in this passage? What details support that idea?

22. from Flesh & Blood So Cheap 12. Lines 254–265: What details describe Chief Croker? Why does the author include them?

23. from The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire by Zachary Kent

24. from The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire 1. Lines 1–14: What words in these lines signal chronology?

25. from The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire 2. Lines 15–28: Is the point of view subjective or objective? Explain why.

26. from The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire 3. Lines 39–41: How long did it take for New York State lawmakers to pass safety laws for workers?

27. from The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire 4. Lines 41–42: What evidence in these lines reveals what the author values? Does this evidence reveal an objective or subjective point of view?

28. from The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire 5. Lines 45–51: When did Frances Perkins make the comments that are quoted? What do those comments refer to?