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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Mattie at the end of the chapter?
(a) She trips and breaks her leg.
(b) She catches fish.
(c) She becomes ill and passes out.
(d) She decides to stay at the farm.

2. Who else is in the wagon with Mattie?
(a) No one.
(b) 5 dignitaries.
(c) 5 orphans.
(d) 5 prisoners.

3. What type of lessons does Grandfather give Mattie?
(a) French lessons.
(b) Spanish lessons.
(c) Etiquette lessons.
(d) Soldiering lessons.

4. Where does Grandfather spend the night?
(a) Downstairs.
(b) Dr. Rowley's house.
(c) Eliza's house.
(d) Mr. Carris' house.

5. What type of meeting is Eliza attending?
(a) A church meeting.
(b) The Culinary Society.
(c) The Free African Society.
(d) The Society to Cure the Fever.

6. What does Mrs. Bowles suggest to Mattie?
(a) That she goes back to school.
(b) That she goes back to Bush Hill.
(c) That she works at the orphan house.
(d) That she reopens the coffee house.

7. How does Mattie reacting to leaving?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is scared.
(c) She does not care one way or another.
(d) She is upset and does not want to be away from her mother.

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

9. After reading Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 how would you characterize Matilda's relationship with her mother?
(a) Matilda and her mother do not have a relationship.
(b) Matilda and her mother are more like sisters than mother and daughter.
(c) Matilda and her mother are friends.
(d) Matilda feels like a servant.

10. What does Mattie find for them to eat?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Apples.
(d) Raspberries.

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

12. Where is Mattie moved on the tenth day?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) To a field.
(c) To a wagon.
(d) To the barn.

13. Before Mattie's grandfather came to live with them what was his profession?
(a) He was an army captain.
(b) He was the captain of a ship.
(c) He was a carpenter.
(d) He was a chef.

14. Where do Mattie and her grandfather go?
(a) To the market.
(b) To the newspaper office.
(c) To the country.
(d) To the hospital.

15. 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 collapses with the fever.
(c) She cries because she does not want to get married.
(d) She storms out angrily.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Dr. Rowley?

3. How long have Mattie and Grandfather gone?

4. How do the Ogilvie daughters treat Mattie?

5. Why is Mattie Leaving?

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