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