A) Nathaniel B) Eliza C) Mother Smith D) Mrs. Flagg E) Mattie
A) Mother (Mrs. Cook) B) Nell C) Mattie D) Mother Smith E) Eliza
A) Mother (Mrs. Cook) B) Mrs. Flagg C) Grandfather D) Mother Smith E) Pernilla Ogilvie
A) Pernilla Ogilvie B) Nathaniel C) Grandfather D) Joseph E) Mother (Mrs. Cook)
A) Eliza B) Nathaniel C) Joseph D) Mother Smith E) Mrs. Flagg
A) Washington DC B) Miami C) Pittsburgh D) Philadelphia E) New York City
A) George Washington B) Thomas Jefferson C) George Bush D) Andrew Jackson E) John Adams
A) Spring B) A sunrise C) Frost D) A storm E) Autumn
A) His parrot B) His wife C) A minister D) A coffin E) A prayer
A) Business Owner B) Cook C) Lady D) Soldier E) Mother
A) Mattie B) Mother C) Polly D) Nathaniel E) Nell
A) Bleeding B) Rest C) Cool water washes D) Vaccines E) Heat packs
A) the Eplers' farm B) Bush Hill C) the Ludingtons' farm D) the Ogilvies' country home E) New York City
A) New York City B) Washington DC C) London D) Paris E) Italy
A) German B) English C) French D) American E) Italian
A) Polly's death B) the outbreak of yellow fever C) Nathaniel's disappearance D) the robery E) Mother's disappearance
A) Mother coming home after being away for so long B) Grandfather dying, leaving Mattie alone to fend for herself C) Nathaniel visiting Mattie and going on evening walks with her D) Mattie's colapse because of exhaustion, right before the frost E) Mattie getting the fever and being taken to Bush Hill
A) Second Person B) Third Person C) Fourth Person D) Mixed E) First Person
A) George Washington B) The fever outbreak C) Eliza D) The Peales E) Dr. Rush
A) Mattie B) Mother C) Mother Smith D) Nell
A) Reopening the coffeeshop B) Eliza teaming up with Mattie C) Grandfather returning home D) The discovery that mother is alive
A) The readers would have been more emotionally connected to Mattie B) The author would have used more words like "I" and "me" more often C) The readers would have gotten to know different characters more in depth D) Fewer people would have died from yellow fever
A) When life gets hard, it is important to keep working toward a solution B) Modern medicine has saved us all from hardship C) Always wash your hands, and stay away from sick people D) Orphans need people to take care of them too
A) Bush Hill B) The Ludington's Farm C) Cook Coffeehouse D) The Ogilvie's House
A) Bush Hill B) The Ludington's C) The Ogilvie's D) The Cemetary E) The Peale's
A) Spoiled coffee B) Immigrants from Santa Domingo C) Mosquitos D) The broken sewer system E) Dr. Rush
A) The coming of spring B) Hope for the future with a relationship between Nathaniel and Mattie C) The staggering amount of deaths due to the fever D) A growing market that is coming back to life
A) They refused to help orphans. B) They were not able to get the disease. C) Everyone else who had been asked to help was leaving. D) There were more than enough people available to help.
A) The absence of religion, as people completely abandoned hope B) The abandonment of homes, leading to looting C) The quarantine of surrounding cities, who shut any sick person out D) The absence of police/officials to keep order E) The overpriced food, which was very hard to come by
A) Yes. There are outbreaks every few decades. B) No. It still exists, but only outside the United States in less developed countries. C) Yes. If you get it, it is very difficult to cure. D) No. It has been cured and no longer exists.
A) The presence of teenagers working to survive outside of orphan houses B) The dates of the fever: August-September 1793 C) The pile of coffee in Ball's Wharf D) The Free African Society, and their presence in Philadelphia E) Dr. Rush and his treatment method
A) The lack of needles available for clean blood draws B) The bodies of dead animals and cats in the open C) The misunderstanding of where people caught the disease D) The infrequent bathing of people and washing of clothes E) The exposed sewage on the streets
A) She doesn't believe in orphanages, and thinks people should care for themselves B) They are overcrowded, and a child would be better off with a setting where he/she can be cared for C) She is old enough to take care of herself D) She still has parents/grandparents and isn't technically an orphan
A) She would like to expand both the size and the menu variety B) She would like to move to a more profitable location C) She would like to take over Eliza's cooking job D) She would like to turn it into an art shop
A) Many stores and homes have been looted and vandalized B) The streets are largely deserted C) The market is largely empty with little food available D) Law enforcement officials patrol carefully to try and control crime
A) The house they were staying at burned down, and they had nowhere else to go B) The coffeehouse was back in business and they couldn't take care of the children and serve customers C) The windows of the shop offered fresh air and coolness that they didn't have before D) There was abundant food at the coffeehouse
A) They show how the upper class was affected by the fever just like everyone else B) Their family is an important piece of Mattie finding a husband C) The daughters become important pieces in survival for the Cook family D) The mother needed a connection to her past
A) She watched for signs of yellow fever in Grandfather, checking his eyes and symptoms B) She put the needs of her Grandfather above her own personal comfort C) She leaves Grandfather behind and continues on the wagon into the next town to try and search for help D) She used her petticoat to try and net fish to eat E) She remembered to look for water by looking for a healthy Willow tree
A) Young B) Caring C) Helpful D) Flirtatious E) Bossy
A) Mattie loves Eliza and wishes she could replace her mother B) Eliza watches out for Mattie and cares for her as a second mother C) Eliza agrees to watch Mattie when her mother is gone D) Mother requires Eliza to help care for Mattie as part of her job E) Mattie doesn't like Eliza's watchful eye, and resents having a second mother |