A) Eliza B) Mother Smith C) Nathaniel D) Mattie E) Mrs. Flagg
A) Mother (Mrs. Cook) B) Mattie C) Eliza D) Mother Smith E) Nell
A) Grandfather B) Mother (Mrs. Cook) C) Mother Smith D) Pernilla Ogilvie E) Mrs. Flagg
A) Nathaniel B) Pernilla Ogilvie C) Joseph D) Mother (Mrs. Cook) E) Grandfather
A) Mother Smith B) Joseph C) Nathaniel D) Eliza E) Mrs. Flagg
A) New York City B) Philadelphia C) Miami D) Pittsburgh E) Washington DC
A) Andrew Jackson B) George Bush C) John Adams D) George Washington E) Thomas Jefferson
A) A storm B) A sunrise C) Autumn D) Frost E) Spring
A) A prayer B) A minister C) His wife D) His parrot E) A coffin
A) Lady B) Cook C) Business Owner D) Mother E) Soldier
A) Polly B) Mattie C) Nathaniel D) Nell E) Mother
A) Heat packs B) Cool water washes C) Rest D) Vaccines E) Bleeding
A) the Ogilvies' country home B) New York City C) the Ludingtons' farm D) the Eplers' farm E) Bush Hill
A) Italy B) New York City C) Washington DC D) Paris E) London
A) American B) English C) French D) Italian E) German
A) the outbreak of yellow fever B) Polly's death C) the robery D) Nathaniel's disappearance E) Mother's disappearance
A) Grandfather dying, leaving Mattie alone to fend for herself B) Mother coming home after being away for so long C) Mattie's colapse because of exhaustion, right before the frost D) Nathaniel visiting Mattie and going on evening walks with her E) Mattie getting the fever and being taken to Bush Hill
A) Mixed B) Third Person C) First Person D) Fourth Person E) Second Person
A) The fever outbreak B) Eliza C) George Washington D) Dr. Rush E) The Peales
A) Mother Smith B) Mattie C) Nell D) Mother
A) Reopening the coffeeshop B) The discovery that mother is alive C) Eliza teaming up with Mattie D) Grandfather returning home
A) The readers would have gotten to know different characters more in depth B) The author would have used more words like "I" and "me" more often C) The readers would have been more emotionally connected to Mattie D) Fewer people would have died from yellow fever
A) Modern medicine has saved us all from hardship B) Always wash your hands, and stay away from sick people C) Orphans need people to take care of them too D) When life gets hard, it is important to keep working toward a solution
A) Cook Coffeehouse B) Bush Hill C) The Ludington's Farm D) The Ogilvie's House
A) The Peale's B) The Ogilvie's C) Bush Hill D) The Ludington's E) The Cemetary
A) Dr. Rush B) Spoiled coffee C) Immigrants from Santa Domingo D) Mosquitos E) The broken sewer system
A) Hope for the future with a relationship between Nathaniel and Mattie B) The coming of spring C) A growing market that is coming back to life D) The staggering amount of deaths due to the fever
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 quarantine of surrounding cities, who shut any sick person out C) The abandonment of homes, leading to looting D) The absence of religion, as people completely abandoned hope E) The absence of police/officials to keep order
A) Yes. If you get it, it is very difficult to cure. B) No. It still exists, but only outside the United States in less developed countries. C) Yes. There are outbreaks every few decades. D) No. It has been cured and no longer exists.
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 exposed sewage on the streets B) The lack of needles available for clean blood draws 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 doesn't believe in orphanages, and thinks people should care for themselves B) She is old enough to take care of herself C) They are overcrowded, and a child would be better off with a setting where he/she can be cared for D) She still has parents/grandparents and isn't technically an orphan
A) She would like to take over Eliza's cooking job B) She would like to move to a more profitable location C) She would like to turn it into an art shop D) She would like to expand both the size and the menu variety
A) Many stores and homes have been looted and vandalized B) The streets are largely deserted C) The market is largely empty with little food available D) Law enforcement officials patrol carefully to try and control crime
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) 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 used her petticoat to try and net fish to eat C) She leaves Grandfather behind and continues on the wagon into the next town to try and search for help D) She remembered to look for water by looking for a healthy Willow tree E) She watched for signs of yellow fever in Grandfather, checking his eyes and symptoms
A) Flirtatious B) Caring C) Bossy D) Helpful E) Young
A) Mattie doesn't like Eliza's watchful eye, and resents having a second mother B) Eliza agrees to watch Mattie when her mother is gone 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 loves Eliza and wishes she could replace her mother |