What is the significance of Mattie wearing her mother’s dress?

It shows how Mattie is becoming more mature and independent.

Why doesn’t Lucille send Mattie to live with her parents?

They stopped speaking to her when she married a carpenter

Which is considered to be a theme of the novel?

Tragic events help a person to mature quickly.

Which of the following is a simile?

Mother dove across the room like a hungry hawk

Which of the following events happen first in the story?

Mattie looks for help at a farmhouse

What does the hot air balloon symbolize?

Mattie‘s desire to break away from her mother

Which famous historical figures were infected with fever?

Alexander Hamilton, Dr. Rush, Dr. Rush’s sister

What happened when the grave diggers tried to bury Grandfather?

Mattie forced them to stop and say a prayer.

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1
What happens to Colette Ogilvie?
She is treated at Bush Hill Hospital
She dies from yellow fever
She moves in with her cousins in the countryside
She marries her French tutor
2
Why did Mattie and her Grandfather get kicked off the wagon?
The farmer was sick and could not go on.
The city was too far away.
Grandfather had a cough
Robbers confront them on the road out of town.
3
Which of the following is a sign that things are improving in Philadelphia?
The doctors announce the epidemic has ended
The statehouse reopens
The mail is delivered
The market reopens
4
Who brought the fever to Philadelphia?
Stephen Girard
Dr. Kerr
George Washington
Steph Curry
5
What is the significance of Mattie wearing her mother’s dress?
It shows respect for her mother.
It shows that she likes to disobey her mother.
It shows how Mattie is becoming more mature and independent.
It shows how poor Mattie’s family was.
6
Where was Mattie treated for yellow fever?
Bush Hill
The coffeeshop
Mother Smith’s house
Dr. Kerr’s office
7
Where did the clerk at Bush Hill want to send Mattie when she got better?
The Ludington’s farm
The orphan house
The coffeehouse
The Ogilvie’s house
8
Why doesn’t Lucille send Mattie to live with her parents?
They didn’t have any money
They died
They don’t like the idea of Lucille running a coffeehouse
They stopped speaking to her when she married a carpenter
9
Which is considered to be a theme of the novel?
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Tragic events help a person to mature quickly.
Happy times don’t last long.
10
How did the French doctors treat yellow fever?
Rest and plenty of fluids
Bloodletting
Antibiotics
Purging
11
What do the church bells symbolize?
The end of the fever
A wedding
The start of the school day
Another death from the fever
12
Where was Mattie’s mother staying when Mattie and Grandfather returned?
The Ludington’s farm
The Ogilvie house
Bush Hill
Mother Smith’s house
13
Which of the following is a simile?
I woke to the sound of a mosquito whinning in my left ear...
Mother dove across the room like a hungry hawk
A sharp-eyed woman...crossed the street
Mother couldn’t prepare a meal fit for pigs
14
What did Mattie use to fight off the robbers at the coffeehouse?
A candlestick
Grandfather’s sword
A steak knife
A Swiss army knife
15
True or False? Grandfather dies of yellow fever.
True
False
16
What was Philadelphia like after Mattie and her grandfather returned?
Busier than before
Exactly as they left it
The capital of the United States
A ghost town
17
Which of the following events happen first in the story?
Mattie looks for help at a farmhouse
Grandfather carries Mattie to Bush Hill
Grandfather and Mattie return to the cofffeehouse
Mattie feels weak and begins to hallucinate
18
What does the hot air balloon symbolize?
Mattie’s crush on Nathaniel Benson
Mattie’s dream to be the first 14 year old to fly
Mattie‘s desire to break away from her mother
Mattie’s close relationship with her grandfather
19
Which of the following characters did NOT get yellow fever?
Polly
Nell
Grandfather
Mattie
20
Which famous historical figures were infected with fever?
Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson
Dr. Rush’s sister, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton
Dr. Rush, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Rush’s sister
Alexander Hamilton, Dr. Rush, Dr. Rush’s sister
21
What happened when the grave diggers tried to bury Grandfather?
Mattie was inconsolable.
Mattie forced them to stop and say a prayer.
Eliza showed up to take care of Mattie.
Mattie insisted they bury him near her father.
22
For which event does Mattie dress nicely?
Eliza’s baby shower
A business meeting
A date with Nathaniel
Tea at the Ogilvie’s house
23
What are the names of the twins Mattie helps care for?
Robert and William
Joseph and Nell
Robert and Nell
William and Joseph
24
Who is the owner of the orphan house?
Mrs. Flagg
Mrs. Epler
Mrs. Bowles
Mother Smith
25
Which war did Grandfather fight in?
French and Indian War
World War I
Civil War
Revolutionary War

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