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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will be her partner?
(a) Nathaniel.
(b) Mother Smith.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Joseph.

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

3. Where does Eliza go in the morning?
(a) To the coffee house.
(b) To the market.
(c) To look for Mattie's mother.
(d) To care for the sick.

4. Who offers to design the handbill?
(a) Nathaniel.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Joseph.
(d) A customer at the coffee house.

5. How does Mattie keep the children quiet in the morning?
(a) She threatens them.
(b) She feeds them breakfast outside.
(c) She takes them to the market.
(d) She bribes them with candy.

6. Where do Mattie and Eliza place the mattress?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In the garden.
(d) On the tables.

7. Where does Nell sleep?
(a) With Mattie.
(b) With Eliza.
(c) With Mrs. Cook.
(d) With the twins.

8. Why does Mattie not want to wake Grandfather for help?
(a) She feels that she can handle it alone.
(b) She is afraid that the robbers will attack both of them.
(c) She does not want to worry him.
(d) She does want to wake him.

9. Who does Mattie think she sees when she is walking to get help for Nell?
(a) Her Grandfather.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Nathaniel Benson.
(d) Her mother.

10. What does Mattie do for clean clothes?
(a) Borrows some from a neighbor.
(b) Sews some.
(c) Borrows some from her mother.
(d) Eliza brings her some.

11. What was Mattie dreaming about at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Bush Hill.
(b) Nathaniel Benson.
(c) Roast beef, vegetables, and bread.
(d) Her mother.

12. What percent of Philadelphia's population was killed by the Yellow Fever epidemic?
(a) 5%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 10%.

13. What is most difficult for Mattie about helping Eliza?
(a) The smell.
(b) The sights.
(c) The heartache.
(d) The sounds.

14. When Eliza tells Mattie that she can go home what is Mattie's response?
(a) She thanks Eliza and leaves.
(b) She wants to continue working.
(c) She leaves and go to find Nathaniel.
(d) She becomes angry at the suggestion.

15. What is the significance of Washington Square?
(a) It is where Washington is buried.
(b) There is no signifigance.
(c) It is where many fever victims are buried.
(d) It is where Washington died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Grandfather and Mattie find when they walk into the coffeehouse?

2. What is proving to be a good way to get more customers to spend more money?

3. Where does Mattie fall asleep?

4. What does Mattie want to deliver to the State House?

5. What does Mattie see when she wakes up in the garden?

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