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