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