Fever, 1793 chapters 11-15

Odiferous means

• disgusting

• ill smelling

• starving

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.7.6

Skirmish means...

• frightened

• sloppy, disheveled

• battle, scuffle

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Why do grandfather and Mattie get stopped on their way to the Ludington family?

• The farmer driving the carriage is lost.

• Upon entering the town of Pembroke, the doctor wants to check the passengers for yellow fever.

• Grandfather has yellow fever.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

What happens to Mattie as she struggles to find food and help for herself and Grandfather?

• She begins to hallucinate, gets the chills, and collapses.

• A farmer finally helps her.

• She kills King Georget the parrot because he's so annoying.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Where does Mattie find herself when she awakens?

• Bush Hill which is now a proper hospital.

• Philadelphia

• The Ludingtons

Destitute means...

• desperate

• poor, penniless

• unplanned

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Famished means...

• full-not hungry

• famine

• starving

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

Slovenly means...

• sloppy, disheveled

• recover, improve

• pardon, tolerance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4