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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Joseph?
(a) Eliza's brother.
(b) Eliza's husband.
(c) Nell's father.
(d) The farmer at the market.

2. What happens to Colette at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) She admits to being lazy and wanting to read novels all day.
(b) She cries because she does not want to get married.
(c) She storms out angrily.
(d) She collapses with the fever.

3. Why does Mattie have to rewash the tablecloths?
(a) Eliza spilled dirty ditch water on them.
(b) Because Silas knocked them down while chasing a squirrel.
(c) She needs to wash them twice because of the fever germs.
(d) She dropped them.

4. How does Mattie feel about the invitation?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She does not want to go.
(c) She is afraid of catching the fever.
(d) She does not want to go.

5. What does Mattie compare the clerk to?
(a) A toad.
(b) A lion.
(c) A clown.
(d) A snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Matilda and her mother live above what type of business?

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

3. How often does Mattie's mother need to be bathed?

4. Who are Robert and William?

5. Why does Mattie not tell her Grandfather about her fishing experience?

(see the answer key)

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