What does the passage reveal about girls' lives in the nineteenth century? Check all that apply.
I had been to school constantly until I was about ten
years of age, when my mother, feeling obliged to have
help in her work besides what I could give, and also
needing the money which I could earn, allowed me, at my
urgent request (for I wanted to earn money like the other
little girls), to go to work in the mill.
-Loom and Spindle,
Harriet H. Robinson
Many girls worked to earn extra money.
Some girls left school in order to work.
Girls were not allowed to attend school.
Work at the mill was thought to be too difficult for
girls.
Girls were expected to help their families.

Which of the following is an example of an author’s purpose for using first-person point of view?

Samuel johnson believed that literature should appeal mainly to the scholar, to him the common man, to teach him the common man, to teach and him the king and the parliament

What theme is the main theme of this excerpt from the metal pig by hans christian andersen? in the garden of the grand duke's palace under the roof of one of the wings were a thousand roses bloom in winter, a little ragged boy had been sitting the whole day long. the boy might serve as a type of italy lovely and smiling and yet suffering. he was hungry and thirsty but no one gave him anything and when it became dark and they were about to close the gardens, the porter turned him out. a long time he stood musing on the bridge which crosses the arno and looking at the glittering stars that were reflected in the water which flowed between him and the wonderful marble bridge trinita. he then walked away towards the metal pig, half note down, clasped it with his arms, and, putting his mouth to the shining snout, drink deep droughts of the fresh water. close-by lay a few salad leaves into chestnuts, which register for his supper. no one was in the street but himself. it belonged only to him. he boldly seated himself on the pig's back, leaned forward so that his curly head could rest on the head of the animal, and, before he was aware, fell asleep. it was midnight. the metal pig raised himself gently, and the boy heard him say quite distinctly, hold tight little boy, for i am going to run, and way he started for most wonderful ride first they arrived at the p as the del granduca and the metal horse which bears the dukes statue made allowed