2. How is Nell acting throughout Chapter 21?
(a) She will not stop crying.
(b) She will not stop talking.
(c) She will not let Mattie touch her.
(d) She will not let go of Mattie.

3. Who else returns at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Mrs. Flagg.
(c) Mrs. Cook.
(d) Mother smith.

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

5. Who is Nell?
(a) Mattie's neighbor.
(b) A farmer at the market.
(c) A friend of the family.
(d) The little orphan girl that Mattie found.

6. What did Mother Smith have sent to the cooperage?
(a) A preacher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A cart.
(d) Food.

7. Where does Mattie fall asleep?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In the garden.
(d) On the mattress with the children.

8. Who comes back to town exciting all the customers?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) The circus.
(c) The priests.
(d) George Washington.

9. What does Mattie find in the garden that makes her dance?
(a) Beans.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Squash.
(d) Tomatoes.

10. What treatment did the doctor prescribe for Mrs. Cook?
(a) To get back to work.
(b) To exercise regularly.
(c) Several medications.
(d) To live a life of leisure.

11. What is a cooper?
(a) A babysitter.
(b) A bread maker.
(c) A basket weaver.
(d) A barrel maker.

12. What is Mattie given at the market?
(a) Corn.
(b) Some bread.
(c) Two hens and some eggs.
(d) A pumpkin.

13. Where does Eliza take Mattie and Nell?
(a) To the coffee house.
(b) To the orphan house.
(c) To her brother's home.
(d) To her mother's home.

14. What does the messenger bring?
(a) A letter from Mrs. Cook.
(b) Coffee beans.
(c) Bread.
(d) News about the fever.

15. How does Mattie hurt her foot?
(a) She tripped on Silas.
(b) She steps on a sharp rock trying to escape the robbers.
(c) She tripped on the stairs.
(d) She fell in the garden.