Fever 1793- Ch. 4 & 5

Who is King George?

• a customer at the coffeehouse

• a friend of Grandfather's

• a parrot

• the family cat

What was Mattie's Grandfather's name?

• King George

• Captain William Farnsworth Cook

• Mr. Carris

• General Washington

What was Matilda's Grandfather's job prior to owning the coffeehouse?

• An army officer

• a lawyer

• a farmer

• a restaurant owner

Who suggested that Polly died from Yellow Fever?

• King George

• Mr. Carris

• the doctor

• Grandfather

Why didn't Mother and Eliza talk to Mattie when she was in the kitchen?

• They were mad at her for yelling at Mother

• They did talk to her

• Eliza doesn't like Mattie

• There was too much work to be done

Based on these sentences that Mother said, what can you infer? "Don't be ridiculous, " she answered. "You're exhausted. Polly will do it in the morning."

• Polly does all of the work

• Mother forgot that Polly was dead

• Mother expects Mattie to do all of Polly's work

• Eliza was fired

Why did Mother want to send Mattie to the Ludingtons' farm?

• to pick up food for the coffeehouse

• for a vacation to the country

• to stay away from the fever outbreak

• to look for a suitable husband

Why does the church bell ring?

• because it is Sunday

• it rings every hour

• it rings once a day

• another person has died

Infer what Mattie was thinking based on these sentences: "Good luck with your paints? Did I really say that? What a ninny." Choose all that apply.

• She likes Nathaniel

• She is embarrassed about what she said to Nathaniel

• She cares about Nathaniel's painting job

• She is annoyed with Nathaniel

What did Matilda hope to have extra money for at the market?

• eggs

• lemons

• hard candy

• hard cheese