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