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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Mrs. Ogilvie been lonely?
(a) She has never had any friends.
(b) All of her friends have gone to the country because of the fever.
(c) All of her friends have moved away.
(d) All of her friends are angry with her.

2. Now that Polly has died who is responsible for her chores?
(a) Mattie's mother.
(b) Eliza.
(c) A new serving girl has been hired.
(d) Mattie.

3. What happened to Matilda's father?
(a) He fell from a ladder and died.
(b) He and Matilda's mother are divorced.
(c) He was killed in the war.
(d) He lives in Europe.

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

5. What does Mattie worry her mother wanted more than her?
(a) A servant.
(b) Sons.
(c) Her father.
(d) Twins.

6. Why does Mattie not tell her Grandfather about her fishing experience?
(a) She does not want to make him feel more hunger by thinking of fish.
(b) She does not want to admit defeat.
(c) She does not want to share the fish she caught.
(d) Because she does not want to share her secret way of catching fish.

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

8. Who is Susannah?
(a) A nurse on the wagon.
(b) Mattie's aunt.
(c) Mattie's cousin.
(d) A young girl going to work at the orphan house.

9. When Mattie's mother inquires about Colette's health what response does she get?
(a) Colette's health is worsening.
(b) Colette's health is improving.
(c) She does not get a response.
(d) Colette's health has not changed.

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

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

12. Why Eliza so important to the Coffeehouse?
(a) She brews the best coffee.
(b) She handles all of the advertising.
(c) Matilda's mother cannot cook and Eliza is an excellent cook.
(d) She takes care of all of the paper work.

13. What does Grandfather promise Mrs. Flagg?
(a) A house.
(b) A buy her dinner.
(c) To take her to a ball.
(d) To marry her.

14. What language are the Ogilvie children studying?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Latin.

15. Where is Mattie allowed to go when she leaves the house?
(a) The market for supplies for the coffeehouse.
(b) To the river for a swim.
(c) The blacksmith's to talk to Matthew.
(d) To see her friend Nathaniel Benson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mattie moved on the tenth day?

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

3. What is the one thing that Mattie vows never to do?

4. What type of fruit does Mattie find on her walk back to Grandfather?

5. What type of lessons does Grandfather give Mattie?

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