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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sends Mattie, Eliza, and the children a lot of food?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Nathaniel.
(c) Mrs. Cook.
(d) The church.

2. What does Mattie get from the coffeehouse for Grandfather's burial?
(a) His sword.
(b) His clothing.
(c) The strongbox.
(d) The portrait of Grandmother.

3. How does Mattie escape the drunken soldier?
(a) Another soldier helps her.
(b) She uses the sword.
(c) Nell bites him.
(d) A policeman arrests him.

4. What does Mattie demand from the gravediggers?
(a) That they dig a separate grave for Grandfather.
(b) That they bury him immediately.
(c) That they put the portrait with Grandfather.
(d) That they not bury Grandfather without a prayer.

5. What do Grandfather and Mattie find when they walk into the coffeehouse?
(a) That is Eliza is there.
(b) That Mrs. Cook is back.
(c) It has been looted.
(d) That everything is just as they left it.

6. When is Mattie's favorite time to take a walk with Nathaniel?
(a) After lunch.
(b) In the morning.
(c) Late at night.
(d) Just before sundown.

7. How does Mattie react when she is reunited with Eliza?
(a) She faints.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She cries and cries in Eliza's arms.

8. Who does Mattie walk home with?
(a) Nathaniel Benson.
(b) Mrs. Epler.
(c) Mrs. Cook.
(d) Eliza.

9. Who is with Mrs. Cook?
(a) Mrs. Epler.
(b) Mother Smith.
(c) Mrs. Ludington.
(d) Joseph.

10. To whom is Mattie referring when she says, "Here is a familiar face,"?
(a) King George.
(b) Nathaniel.
(c) Silas.
(d) Eliza.

11. What does Mattie's mother fuss about?
(a) Mattie spending time with Nathaniel.
(b) Mattie's clothes.
(c) Eliza working in the garden.
(d) The boys running errands alone.

12. What has Mattie decided to do with her future?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Reopen the coffeehouse.
(c) Become a maid.
(d) Marry Nathaniel.

13. When does Eliza return home?
(a) She does not come home.
(b) By dinner.
(c) Noon.
(d) Well after midnight.

14. Why does Mrs. Ludington have to return to the farm?
(a) She promised her husband she would return quickly.
(b) She does not enjoy the city.
(c) She is ill.
(d) Her husband is ill.

15. What is tied to the handle of the front door to the coffeehouse?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A yellow piece of fabric.
(c) A notice about the fever.
(d) Mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most difficult for Mattie about helping Eliza?

2. What did Mother Smith have sent to the cooperage?

3. Who comes back to town exciting all the customers?

4. What is a cooper?

5. What was Mattie dreaming about at the beginning of Chapter 19?

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