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