Fever 1793 Chapters 1-5 Review

What month is it at the beginning of "Fever 1793?"

• July

• August

• September

• October

Who is Silas?

• Matilda's grandfather

• Matilda's father

• Matilda's cat

• Matilda's friend

Why does Matilda think that Eliza is a lucky person?

• Eliza is a free black person living in Philadelphia.

• Eliza is free to walk around town every day.

• Eliza has weekends off work, and Matilda doesn't.

• Eliza isn't forced to go to church like Matilda is.

Polly's mother told Matilda's mother that Polly had ...

• caught a sickness from their servant.

• sewed by candlelight after dinner.

• gotten sick at dinner the night before she died.

• read her bible before she went to bed.

Matilda likes to daydream about a favorite memory. What is it?

• Swimming in the creek with Eliza on a really hot day.

• Sneaking out of the house to meet Matthew and go for a walk together.

• Baking gingerbread cookies at Christmas with Polly when they were little girls.

• Watching a hot air balloon rising into the sky.

Grandfather had served in the military under the command of _____________.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• William Farnsworth Cook

Matilda's mother made her apologize after they'd argued about ...

• Eliza teaching Matilda to cook.

• Mother only giving Matilda 5 cents to do the shopping.

• Matilda having to do all of the extra chores since Polly died.

• whether or not Matilda should attend Polly's funeral.

A man in the coffee house thought that _________ was making people sick.

• scarlet fever

• stress from paying high taxes

• rotten coffee beans on the wharf

• unclean drinking water

Grandfather helps persuade Mother to allow Matilda to ...

• do the shopping.

• invite Nathaniel for supper.

• take flowers to Polly's grave.

• buy some fabric to make a new dress.

Mrs. Epler believes that if people _________________, they will not catch the fever.

• wash their hands often

• go to church

• stay away from the river

• eat plenty of eggs