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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Matilda believe has made her mother so bitter?
(a) She has always been bitter.
(b) Polly's death.
(c) Having to work hard.
(d) The death of her father.

2. Matilda and her mother live above what type of business?
(a) A Coffeehouse.
(b) A Shoemaker.
(c) A General Store.
(d) A Blacksmith.

3. Who does Mattie run into while she is out of the house?
(a) Her former teacher.
(b) A friend of her mother's.
(c) Polly's mother.
(d) Nathaniel Benson.

4. Why does Mrs. Epler, the egg vendor, say that people are dying?
(a) Because they are dirty.
(b) Because they are sinners who do not attend church.
(c) Because they are weak.
(d) Because they have bad luck.

5. Why does Mattie's mother make such a fuss over the invitation?
(a) Because she wants to be friends with Mrs. Ogilvie.
(b) Because Edward Ogilvie is a potential husband for Mattie.
(c) Because she does not want to go.
(d) Because she is afraid of catching the fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What insult does Matilda say to her mother?

2. Why Eliza so important to the Coffeehouse?

3. Why does Mattie have to rewash the tablecloths?

4. Why does Mattie handle the bills and the exchange of money?

5. Who is King George?

(see the answer key)

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