Which statement is a central ideas of Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's First Bookmobile?

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Mary proved that libraries are for all people.


Everyone supported Mary's ideas about book wagons.


Hagerstown residents were not avid readers.

Question 2
Which details from the text best support the answers from the previous question?

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Then she started a storytelling hour in remote areas to get the country children excited about books and reading."


"Again, the naysayers were quick to voice their objections. It seemed an outlandish proposition to them."


"In just four short years since her arrival, Miss Titcomb had won the hearts and gained the admiration of the library board and the people of Hagerstown."

Question 3
Which events from Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America’s First Bookmobile are part of the narrative’s falling action?

Select each correct answer.

Select 2 correct answer(s)
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Mary helps design and set up the library wagon.


Mary establishes a children’s reading room at her new library.


Mary is buried in the same graveyard as many other famous writers she admired.


Mary decides to take the position at the Washington County Free Library.


The book wagon is destroyed and replaced by an automobile.

Question 4
The text says that Mary Lemist Titcomb “worked tirelessly. . .to make a name for herself and to make a difference” in the library profession.



Which evidence from the text supports this statement? Choose 2

Select each correct answer.

Select 2 correct answer(s)
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Mary feels that nothing could be better than being a librarian.


Mary later becomes good friends with the man who had refused to hire her for the World’s Columbian Exposition.


Mary becomes a vice-president of the American Library Association.


Mary is hired as head librarian of one of the nation’s first county-wide libraries.

Question 5
Which textual evidence helps you infer why the library board approved Mary’s idea of a book wagon?

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“She presented her idea to the board of trustees of the library.”


“It sounded like a crazy plan.”


“But by now, the board had learned that when Miss Titcomb decided to do something, she did it.”