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