There are 2 questions
question 1
which passage from “bringing jamie home” is not based on historical records or sources?
select one:
a. it was an old, bitter story, her cleaning black dust off boots and backs and scrubbing clothes that never came clean. it was yesterday’s sorrow that pinched her with worry about a boy with a mountain strapped to his back and a husband wheezing through the night.
b. the black grime was everywhere. once his face was clean of soot and blood, she inspected the deep gash above his ear, straight through to the skull, the bony cap no protection for a methane explosion.
c. jamie wasn’t the only loss. there were sixty men missing and a half-dozen boys—trappers, brakers and mule tenders.
d. he opened his mouth, ready to say something but she put her hand up, fair warning. she wanted nothing but quiet now, some peace in the moment.
question 2
which historically based details in “bringing jamie home” show the reader the situation of impoverished mining families?
select one:
a. it was old news, her fight about jamie taking to the mine, even if they needed the money and god knows, they did. it was an old, bitter story, her cleaning black dust off boots and backs and scrubbing clothes that never came clean. it was yesterday’s sorrow that pinched her with worry about a boy with a mountain strapped to his back and a husband wheezing through the night.
b. they brought jamie in and laid him on the kitchen table. gus mcmahon and russell price. big men, the two of them barrel chested, their sooty faces streaked with sweat, laid her boy down gentle, being careful with his head. one arm dangled over the table edge.
c. she watched the men shuffle out, then looked at cos standing now outside the door. he braced the doorframe, his long arms stretched up, hands on the head casing. his face was gray and ashy.
d. she stroked jamie’s cheek. she reached inside his pocket and pulled out the watch. gus had said it was undamaged but she immediately felt a divot in the back casing, the size of her thumb. she put the watch to her ear. a steady tick, tick, tick, sure as a heartbeat.