Collections Grade 7 Guiding Questions

Collection 6

“from Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy” by Albert

Marrin

Read the selection from the history writing Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The

Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin. Then, reread the lines indicated

with each question below. Answer each question, citing text evidence.

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?

from the lines 1-30 the main activity

on the 3 floors are:

2. Lines 40–44: Which details show

the author interpreting his

research?

3. Lines 45–71: Summarize this

section by stating the main idea of

each paragraph in a sentence.

4.Lines 89–96: What are especially

vivid descriptive details in this

paragraph? Why does the author

include those details?

5.Lines 100–104: What do Mary

Bucelli’s words reveal about the

situation?

6. Lines 152–177: Determine what

each paragraph is mainly about, and

state each main idea in a sentence.

7.Lines 182–196: Why did the author

include this excerpt?

8. Lines 207–219: Summarize the

most important information about the

fire escape.

9.Lines 223–239: Which sentence

states the main idea in this passage?

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What details support that idea?

10.Lines 254–265: What details

describe Chief Croker? Why does the

author include them?

1. Draw Conclusions- According to the author, why might workers have

jumped from the windows?

2. Cite Evidence- What does the author seem to think of the firefighters’

efforts during this disaster?

3. Evaluate- What is most important to understand about this event?

4. Connect- Why is the story of the Triangle Fire still being told