A) Mother Smith B) Mattie C) Nathaniel D) Eliza E) Mrs. Flagg
A) Mother (Mrs. Cook) B) Mother Smith C) Mattie D) Nell E) Eliza
A) Mother (Mrs. Cook) B) Pernilla Ogilvie C) Mrs. Flagg D) Grandfather E) Mother Smith
A) Mother (Mrs. Cook) B) Nathaniel C) Joseph D) Grandfather E) Pernilla Ogilvie
A) Eliza B) Joseph C) Mother Smith D) Mrs. Flagg E) Nathaniel
A) New York City B) Pittsburgh C) Philadelphia D) Miami E) Washington DC
A) John Adams B) George Washington C) George Bush D) Thomas Jefferson E) Andrew Jackson
A) A sunrise B) Spring C) A storm D) Autumn E) Frost
A) A minister B) His parrot C) A prayer D) A coffin E) His wife
A) Business Owner B) Soldier C) Lady D) Mother E) Cook
A) Mattie B) Polly C) Nathaniel D) Nell E) Mother
A) Rest B) Vaccines C) Bleeding D) Cool water washes E) Heat packs
A) the Ogilvies' country home B) New York City C) the Ludingtons' farm D) the Eplers' farm E) Bush Hill
A) Italy B) Washington DC C) New York City D) London E) Paris
A) American B) Italian C) German D) English E) French
A) the outbreak of yellow fever B) Nathaniel's disappearance C) Mother's disappearance D) the robery E) Polly's death
A) Mother coming home after being away for so long B) Nathaniel visiting Mattie and going on evening walks with her 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) First Person B) Third Person C) Mixed D) Second Person E) Fourth Person
A) George Washington B) The fever outbreak C) Dr. Rush D) The Peales E) Eliza
A) Mother Smith B) Mattie C) Nell 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 readers would have been more emotionally connected to Mattie B) Fewer people would have died from yellow fever C) The readers would have gotten to know different characters more in depth 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) Always wash your hands, and stay away from sick people C) Orphans need people to take care of them too D) Modern medicine has saved us all from hardship
A) Cook Coffeehouse B) The Ogilvie's House C) The Ludington's Farm D) Bush Hill
A) The Ogilvie's B) The Cemetary C) Bush Hill D) The Ludington's E) The Peale's
A) Immigrants from Santa Domingo B) Mosquitos C) Dr. Rush D) Spoiled coffee E) The broken sewer system
A) A growing market that is coming back to life B) The staggering amount of deaths due to the fever C) Hope for the future with a relationship between Nathaniel and Mattie D) The coming of spring
A) They were not able to get the disease. B) Everyone else who had been asked to help was leaving. C) They refused to help orphans. D) There were more than enough people available to help.
A) The quarantine of surrounding cities, who shut any sick person out B) The abandonment of homes, leading to looting C) The overpriced food, which was very hard to come by D) The absence of religion, as people completely abandoned hope E) The absence of police/officials to keep order
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 presence of teenagers working to survive outside of orphan houses C) The Free African Society, and their presence in Philadelphia D) Dr. Rush and his treatment method E) The pile of coffee in Ball's Wharf
A) The exposed sewage on the streets B) The bodies of dead animals and cats in the open C) The infrequent bathing of people and washing of clothes D) The lack of needles available for clean blood draws E) The misunderstanding of where people caught the disease
A) She is old enough to take care of herself B) They are overcrowded, and a child would be better off with a setting where he/she can be cared for C) She still has parents/grandparents and isn't technically an orphan 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 take over Eliza's cooking job C) She would like to expand both the size and the menu variety D) She would like to move to a more profitable location
A) Many stores and homes have been looted and vandalized B) The market is largely empty with little food available C) Law enforcement officials patrol carefully to try and control crime D) The streets are largely deserted
A) There was abundant food at the coffeehouse B) The coffeehouse was back in business and they couldn't take care of the children and serve customers 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) The daughters become important pieces in survival for the Cook family B) The mother needed a connection to her past 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 remembered to look for water by looking for a healthy Willow tree B) She put the needs of her Grandfather above her own personal comfort C) She leaves Grandfather behind and continues on the wagon into the next town to try and search for help D) She used her petticoat to try and net fish to eat E) She watched for signs of yellow fever in Grandfather, checking his eyes and symptoms
A) Bossy B) Caring C) Young D) Helpful E) Flirtatious
A) Eliza agrees to watch Mattie when her mother is gone B) Mattie loves Eliza and wishes she could replace her mother 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) Mother requires Eliza to help care for Mattie as part of her job |