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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who will stay with Mrs. Cook?
(a) Dr. Kerr.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) A nurse will be hired.

3. 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.

4. What is Bush Hill?
(a) A prison.
(b) A school.
(c) A mansion that has been turned into a hospital.
(d) A base camp for the army.

5. How does this new person help Mrs. Cook?
(a) He says that there is nothing he can do to help.
(b) He cuts her and lets her bleed.
(c) He gives her a shot.
(d) He prescribes antibiotics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mattie's mother make such a fuss over the invitation?

2. What type of lessons does Grandfather give Mattie?

3. In what city does Chapter 1 take place?

4. Why does Mattie think that the bugs are bothering them at the beginning of Chapter 11?

5. What is causing Mattie's terrible dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mattie's mother want her to leave the room?

2. What scares Mattie more than anything at the end of Chapter 12?

3. Who are the horsemen that stop the wagon?

4. What do Mattie and her mother argue about at the end of Chapter 3?

5. What has Grandfather been doing while Mattie has been recovering?

6. How many people have been predicted to die?

7. What three things does a soldier need to fight?

8. Who is Mr. Stephen Girard?

9. Describe Mattie's morning in Chapter 1.

10. Why does Mattie distrust Dr. Rowley?

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