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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When was the Free African Society founded?
(a) 1755.
(b) 1732.
(c) 1615.
(d) 1787.

7. What does Mattie say her mother felt like?
(a) A child.
(b) A warm blanket.
(c) A strong ox.
(d) A frail bird.

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

9. How does Mattie keep the children out of the kitchen when she and Eliza are cooking?
(a) She threatens them.
(b) She gives them snacks.
(c) She gives them crayons.
(d) She gives them the butter churn.

10. Who has come into the coffeehouse?
(a) Robbers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) People wanting coffee.

11. What must Mattie do before enjoying her coffee?
(a) Fold the linens.
(b) Sweep the kitchen.
(c) Set the breakfast table.
(d) Cook breakfast.

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

13. Why is Grandfather unable to hang his sword above the fireplace?
(a) Because it wants to keep on him in case he needs it.
(b) Because his arms are shaking.
(c) Because it has been stolen.
(d) Because he is afraid that it will get stolen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Eliza return home?

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

3. What is the response of the customers in the coffeehouse when Mattie and her mother enter?

4. How does Mattie react when she is reunited with Eliza?

5. Why does Mrs. Ludington have to return to the farm?

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