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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the clerk threaten to take Mattie?
(a) To the city.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To the prison.
(d) To the orphan house.

2. Why has business increased at the coffeehouse over the past week?
(a) People are celebrating.
(b) People are stocking up in case they have to stay home for several days.
(c) People are doing more of their business inland, away from the river, due to fear of disease.
(d) People want to eat out instead of eating at home for safety.

3. Who wakes Mattie up on her first morning back home?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Mice.
(c) People on the street.
(d) Silas.

4. When Mattie's mother begins to worry about Mattie falling ill she suggests sending her where?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) To a friend's farm.
(c) To Europe.
(d) To the mountains.

5. What does Mattie find in the garden that makes her dance?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Beans.
(d) Squash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Eliza want Mattie to cut her some asparagus grass?

2. What type of meeting is Eliza attending?

3. When Mattie leaves her bed for the first time alone where does she go?

4. Why does the farmer throw Mattie and Grandfather off of the wagon?

5. Why does Mattie think that the bugs are bothering them at the beginning of Chapter 11?

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