F1793: Quiz 4 (Chapters 17 - 20)

1. When they returned to the coffee house from Bush Hill, what was tied to the front of it? (Ch 17 pg 122)

• A. a picture of flowers

• B. a yellow scrap ripped from a bodice to show there was a yellow fever victim in the house

• C. a note telling Matilda to find food

• D. some coffee beans

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2. What did the inside of the Coffeehouse look like when Mattie entered it?

• A. It was very dusty.
• B. It looked the same.
• C. It was clean because Eliza had kept it up.
• D. It looked like someone had broken into it.

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3. The author uses the following figurative language in chapter 18: “His chest rattled with every breath, and his face was the color of spoiled cream”. The author uses this to emphasize to the reader that...

• A. Grandfather is not well.

• B. Grandfather is hungry.
• C. Grandfather likes to play the bells.
• D. Grandfather is starving.

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4. Why was Mattie excited about finding the potatoes in the garden?

• A. They meant the fever would go away soon.
• B. They meant she and grandfather could eat.
• C. She could sell them in market.
• D. She could trade them for medicine.

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5. What woke Mattie up from her dream?

• A. A heavy footstep in the house.
• B. Silas jumping on her.
• C. Her grandfather crying.
• D. The window slamming shut due to the wind outside.

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6. When the men are trying to rob Matilda in the coffeehouse, they hear a noise upstairs. What does Mattie tell them made the noise from upstairs?

• A. Grandfather
• B. Eliza
• C. a cat
• D. a dog

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7. "Stop!" All heads turned to look at me. I didn't realize what I had done at first. The men set the shroud on the ground. "You can't just toss him in there like a sack of potatoes," I said. "Where's the minister?" You're not supposed to bury people without prayers."

What evidence supports that Matilda wants them to bury her grandfather the PROPER way?

• A. "Stop!" All heads turned to look at me.

• B. "I didn't realize what I had done at first."

• C. "You're not supposed to bury people without prayers."

• D. "I nodded and took the book from him."

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8. What did Mattie discover at the market in chapter 20?

• A. fresh vegetables
• B. Nathaniel
• C. Eliza
• D. It was deserted.

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9. How many people had fled the town according to Mr. Brown? (Ch 20 pg 158)

• A. 100,000
• B. 40,000
• C. 20,000
• D. Not too many

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10. After Matilda has the confrontation with the woman who hit her and yelled at her to leave because she was scared she was a yellow fever victim, Matilda starts to wander aimlessly around the city. Who do she find at the end of chapter 20?

• A. a little girl who said her mom was "broken too" (she had died)

• B. Eliza feeding people

• C. Silas looking for rats

• D. Her mother walking to the coffee house

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