WorksheetsFever 1793 Chapter 21-22 Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the name of the little girl Mattie finds?
Eliza
Rebecca
Nell
Bella
A drunken man tries to grab and dance with Mattie as she is passing a tavern. How does Nell help make him leave?
She chases after him with a stick
She bites his hand
She punches him in the mouth
She trips him so he falls down
Eliza and the Free African Society women are going from home to home delivering something to fever victims. What are they delivering?
Medicine to help cure the fever
Water and coffee for the families to drink
Bread rolls for the families to eat
Clothing for the children
Where does Eliza take Mattie and Nell when she finds them?
Back to the coffee house to find Mother
She takes them to her grandmother's house
She takes them to her brother Joseph's house
She takes them to a shelter where people without the fever are staying
What is wrong with Eliza's brother Joseph?
He is sick with the fever
He broke his leg trying to fix his roof
His wife died last week; he hasn't left bed since
He was injured by the rowdy drunks at the tavern; he can no longer stand
Who are Robert and William?
Joseph's young twin boys
The two drunk men at the tavern
Eliza's two brothers, with whom she is staying
Two of the members of the Free African Society
Who is Mother Smith?
She is the priest at the church
She is Nathaniel Benson's mother
She is an older relative of Eliza, who is helping her cook and take care of the twins
She is the woman who lives next door and spends most of her time at the tavern
Dr. Benjamin Rush believed something to be true about African Americans. What was it?
He believed that only they could make the medicine to cure the fever
He believed that they could not get sick with the fever; they were immune
He thought that they were cursing people and giving them the fever
He believed that they were the only ones who were able to harvest and grow food during this terrible fever time
While talking with Eliza by the window at night, what is Mattie doing with her hands?
She is writing Mother a letter
She is knitting a sweater for Nell
She is sewing up holes in the twin's pants and shirts
She is scrubbing her fingernails in a big stone basin
In the last sentences of chapter 22, Eliza explains that the fever will vanish. When does she say this will happen?
She says when the town has rain for three straight days, the fever will vanish
She says when there is frost, the fever will vanish
She says that only when the doctors find a cure, will the fever vanish
She says that in three weeks the fever will vanish
