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