Fever 1793 Chapters 26-Epilogue

What is Mattie so excited about when she says, "We made it!" (Anderson 210)?

• the President is back

• the children are better

• the frost is here

• the doctors were leaving

What do Mattie and Eliza do with the furniture?

• sell it for money for the coffeehouse

• drag it outside to get fresh air

• break it

• re-arrange the room

When Joseph arrives in the morning with news that the market had re-opened, and the children are resting peacefully on the mattress under the cherry tree, why do Eliza and Mattie let their "tears fall without shame"?

• They are afraid.

• They are overwhelmed with joy and happiness.

• They are nervous.

• They know they will not see him again.

Mattie is anxious to go to the market because that is where all the gossip is. Who knows all the gossip?

• Mr. Brown, the printer

• Dr. Rush, the doctor

• Mrs. Flagg, the nurse at Bush Hill

• Mrs. Epler, the German woman at the market

What did Nathaniel say was how he survived in Mr. Peale's house?

• They only needed water to survive.

• They ate the house plants to survive.

• They ate toliet paper that is why there is a shortage.

• They ate the specimen in the natural history museum to survive.

What was the small feast that Mattie and Eliza prepared for?

• Nathaniel's birthday

• Nell's birthday

• Thanksgiving

• Christmas

What does Mattie mean when she says, "Though we were all healed of the fever, some wounds were inside the heart and would mend slowly" (Anderson 222)?

• The pain of losing loved ones was going to take a long time to heal.

• Many people were still healing from the fever.

• The trama caused by the lack of paper towels and toliet paper is hard to overcome.

• They were still burying the dead.

What did Mattie decide to do with the coffeehouse?

• She abandoned it.

• She sold it so she would have money for the rest of her life.

• She decided to open the coffeehouse immediately.

• She decided to give it to Eliza.

Who became Mattie's partner?

• Eliza

• Nathaniel

• Nell

• Mr. Peale

What was proving to be a good way to get more customers to spend more money?

• advertising

• more options on the menu

• free samples

• Nathaniel's artwork