The pay reflected her proficiency . . . While the other girls grumbled that their piece rates had dropped so that it had hardly
been worth slaving through the summer heat, she kept her silence.” (p. 86) What does this quote show about how Lyddie was paid?
a. She was paid well because the overseer liked her.
b. She was paid a higher hourly wage because she had worked there longer.
c. She was paid by how much cloth she wove.
d. She was paid less than she had been paid in the tavern.
