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