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WorksheetsFever 1793 Ch.1-10
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Yellow fever spread through what?
a)
Fly
b)
Coughing
c)
Mosquito
d)
Sneezing
2.
Where does the novel take place?
a)
Washington DC
b)
Norwalk
c)
Philadelphia
d)
Chicago
3.
Who is the main character?
a)
Lucille
b)
Eliza
c)
Polly
d)
Matilda
4.
What happened to Matilda's father?
a)
He died from the Yellow Fever
b)
He left his family
c)
He died in war
d)
He fell off a ladder
5.
What type of business do Matilda and her mother own?
a)
A Coffee Shop
b)
A restaurant
c)
A bank
d)
A print shop
6.
How does Matilda feel her mother treats her?
a)
Unfairly
b)
Fairly
7.
Who is the first person to die of Yellow Fever in the book?
a)
Eliza
b)
Mr. Cook
c)
Nathaniel
d)
Polly
8.
True or False: Clothing during this time was extremely modest.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Why does the bell ring when someone dies?
a)
It indicates the time of the person's death
b)
It indicates the amount of days the person was ill
c)
It indicates the age that the person died
d)
It indicates the person's birth month
10.
Where do people get sick the quickest (or more often)?
a)
The riverfront
b)
The country
c)
The marketplace
d)
The entire city
11.
Which character is permanently changed by their husband's death?
a)
Matilda
b)
Eliza
c)
Polly
d)
Matilda's mother
12.
True or false: the fever struck the city in Spring.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Where do Mattie and her mother go for tea?
a)
The Coffeehouse
b)
The Benson Family
c)
The Ogilvie Family
d)
The London Family
14.
Why do Mattie and her mother attend the tea?
a)
Find Mattie a friend
b)
Find Mattie a husband
c)
To help Mattie with her manners
d)
To expose Mattie to the upper class
15.
True or false: Mattie's family disowns her mother because she marries someone poor.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Mattie has high ambitions for herself; she wants to own an entire city block.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Who is Nathaniel Benson?
a)
Mattie's Brother
b)
Polly's Brother
c)
Mattie's Crush
d)
Mattie's Cousin
18.
Fever, 1793 is written in...(point of view)
a)
First Person
b)
Third Person
19.
Why is sugar in her oatmeal so special to Matilda?
a)
It's rare
b)
It's delicious
c)
It's reserved only for the upper class
d)
it's expensive
20.
What do people think will kill the fever?
a)
Frost, cold.
b)
Medicine
c)
Doctors
d)
Summertime
21.
Who is the first in the family to fall ill?
a)
Matilda
b)
Grandfather
c)
Mother
d)
Eliza
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