Fever 1793: Chapter 8

Grandfather says he did not run from the Redcoats and will not run from a dockside miasma. What does "miasma" mean?

• a fish

• a sick person

• a poisonous vapor

• a policeman

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In the list of recommendations from the doctors that people are being asked to do, why do you think one of the suggestions is that a home with a sick person should be marked?

• so everyone can go and visit that person

• so that people will not go into that house

• so that person can die alone

• so that doctors will know who is sick

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What does Mattie learn as she listens to her grandfather talking to the other men at the newspaper office?

• People are hiding from the doctors.

• All sick people are being thrown out of town.

• Poor people are getting good care.

• They were burying fever victims everyday.

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The men say that Jefferson still comes to town every morning. Who are they talking about?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Jefferson

• John Jefferson

• Mark Jefferson

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On their way home, Grandfather and Mattie see a man pushing a cart. What do they see fall our of the cart?

• Eliza

• Mr. Jefferson

• Someone they don't know

• Mother

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What do you think is wrong with Mother? (Answer in a complete sentence).

(a)  

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How many people do they think have died from the fever so far?

• around ten

• several thousands

• several hundreds

• zero

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