Fever 1793 chapters 12-17

Why did Grandfather send Matilda to a nearby farmhouse?

• To find a ride to the Ludington farm.

• To find a ride back to Philidelphia

• Because he had Yellow Fever

• To get food and blankets

What happened to Matilda on her way back from the farmhouse?

• She tried to catch a fish with her petticoat.

• She collapsed

• She fell into a well

• She found water near some willow trees

Why was Matilda at Bush Hill?

• She has Yellow Fever

• Grandfather has Yellow Fever

• She's looking for her mother

• She is helping the nurses

How did Matilda get to Bush Hill?

• She walked

• She rode on a farmer's wagon

• Grandfather carried her

• She traveled with Mrs. Bowles and some orphas

What words best describe Bush Hill during Matilda's stay?

• Cleaned up into a respectable hospital

• Full of the dead and dying with no doctor

• Full of thieves and criminals

After Matilda recovers, where do her and Grandfather go?

• They go to the Ludington farm

• They stay at Bush Hill to help

• They go to the orphanage to help

• They go back to the coffeehouse in Philidelphia

What job does Mrs. Bowles offer Matilda?

• A job helping in the orphanage

• A job as a scullery maid in a fancy mansion

• A job running a dry goods store

• A job burying the dead

What are they doing with the dead bodies?

• Placing them in coffins and burying them

• Burying them in mass graves in Potter's Field

• Throwing them in the river

• Burning them

What happened to the Cook Coffeehouse?

• It was broken into-all the food was stolen

• They burnt it down to get rid of the fever

• It was turned into an orphanage

• It is being used to house Yellow Fever victims

What words best describe Philadelphia when Matilda returns?

• Abandoned homes and empty streets.

• Little food

• Dead bodies in the street

• All of the above