A) Nathaniel B) Mother Smith C) Eliza D) Mrs. Flagg E) Mattie
A) Mother (Mrs. Cook) B) Nell C) Mother Smith D) Mattie E) Eliza
A) Mother Smith B) Mother (Mrs. Cook) C) Grandfather D) Pernilla Ogilvie E) Mrs. Flagg
A) Mother (Mrs. Cook) B) Nathaniel C) Joseph D) Grandfather E) Pernilla Ogilvie
A) Mother Smith B) Joseph C) Eliza D) Nathaniel E) Mrs. Flagg
A) Philadelphia B) Pittsburgh C) Miami D) New York City E) Washington DC
A) George Washington B) George Bush C) Andrew Jackson D) Thomas Jefferson E) John Adams
A) A sunrise B) A storm C) Autumn D) Spring E) Frost
A) A minister B) A coffin C) A prayer D) His wife E) His parrot
A) Lady B) Mother C) Business Owner D) Cook E) Soldier
A) Polly B) Nell C) Nathaniel D) Mother E) Mattie
A) Cool water washes B) Rest C) Heat packs D) Vaccines E) Bleeding
A) the Ogilvies' country home B) New York City C) the Eplers' farm D) the Ludingtons' farm E) Bush Hill
A) Washington DC B) London C) Paris D) New York City E) Italy
A) French B) German C) English D) American E) Italian
A) the outbreak of yellow fever B) the robery C) Polly's death D) Nathaniel's disappearance E) Mother's disappearance
A) Mattie's colapse because of exhaustion, right before the frost B) Mattie getting the fever and being taken to Bush Hill C) Grandfather dying, leaving Mattie alone to fend for herself D) Mother coming home after being away for so long E) Nathaniel visiting Mattie and going on evening walks with her
A) Second Person B) Third Person C) Fourth Person D) Mixed E) First Person
A) George Washington B) Dr. Rush C) The Peales D) Eliza E) The fever outbreak
A) Mother B) Mattie C) Mother Smith D) Nell
A) Reopening the coffeeshop B) Eliza teaming up with Mattie C) Grandfather returning home D) The discovery that mother is alive
A) The readers would have gotten to know different characters more in depth 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) Fewer people would have died from yellow fever
A) When life gets hard, it is important to keep working toward a solution B) Modern medicine has saved us all from hardship C) Orphans need people to take care of them too D) Always wash your hands, and stay away from sick people
A) The Ogilvie's House B) The Ludington's Farm C) Cook Coffeehouse D) Bush Hill
A) The Ogilvie's B) The Peale's C) The Cemetary D) Bush Hill E) The Ludington's
A) The broken sewer system B) Dr. Rush C) Immigrants from Santa Domingo D) Spoiled coffee E) Mosquitos
A) The coming of spring B) A growing market that is coming back to life C) Hope for the future with a relationship between Nathaniel and Mattie D) The staggering amount of deaths due to the fever
A) There were more than enough people available to help. B) They were not able to get the disease. C) They refused to help orphans. D) Everyone else who had been asked to help was leaving.
A) The absence of religion, as people completely abandoned hope B) The absence of police/officials to keep order C) The abandonment of homes, leading to looting D) The overpriced food, which was very hard to come by E) The quarantine of surrounding cities, who shut any sick person out
A) No. It still exists, but only outside the United States in less developed countries. B) Yes. There are outbreaks every few decades. C) No. It has been cured and no longer exists. D) Yes. If you get it, it is very difficult to cure.
A) The Free African Society, and their presence in Philadelphia B) Dr. Rush and his treatment method C) The pile of coffee in Ball's Wharf D) The dates of the fever: August-September 1793 E) The presence of teenagers working to survive outside of orphan houses
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 is old enough to take care of herself 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 move to a more profitable location 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) The streets are largely deserted B) Law enforcement officials patrol carefully to try and control crime C) The market is largely empty with little food available D) Many stores and homes have been looted and vandalized
A) The house they were staying at burned down, and they had nowhere else to go B) The windows of the shop offered fresh air and coolness that they didn't have before C) There was abundant food at the coffeehouse D) The coffeehouse was back in business and they couldn't take care of the children and serve customers
A) They show how the upper class was affected by the fever just like everyone else B) The daughters become important pieces in survival for the Cook family C) The mother needed a connection to her past 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 remembered to look for water by looking for a healthy Willow tree C) She used her petticoat to try and net fish to eat D) She watched for signs of yellow fever in Grandfather, checking his eyes and symptoms E) She leaves Grandfather behind and continues on the wagon into the next town to try and search for help
A) Helpful B) Young C) Flirtatious D) Bossy E) Caring
A) Mattie doesn't like Eliza's watchful eye, and resents having a second mother B) Mattie loves Eliza and wishes she could replace her mother C) Eliza agrees to watch Mattie when her mother is gone D) Mother requires Eliza to help care for Mattie as part of her job E) Eliza watches out for Mattie and cares for her as a second mother |