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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 does the farmer throw Mattie and Grandfather off of the wagon?
(a) Because Grandfather has fallen ill.
(b) Because the horse cannot pull all of them.
(c) Because Mattie has been rude.
(d) Because Mattie has fallen ill.

2. What does Mattie worry her mother wanted more than her?
(a) Twins.
(b) Sons.
(c) A servant.
(d) Her father.

3. Why does Mattie not tell her Grandfather about her fishing experience?
(a) She does not want to admit defeat.
(b) Because she does not want to share her secret way of catching fish.
(c) She does not want to share the fish she caught.
(d) She does not want to make him feel more hunger by thinking of fish.

4. Matilda and her mother live above what type of business?
(a) A Shoemaker.
(b) A General Store.
(c) A Coffeehouse.
(d) A Blacksmith.

5. When Mattie leaves her bed for the first time alone where does she go?
(a) To find her Grandfather.
(b) To get something to eat.
(c) To find Nathaniel.
(d) To the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Mattie and Grandfather gone?

2. What does Mattie say is her chief complaint?

3. What does Mattie do once they get her mother upstairs in bed?

4. How did Mattie get to Bush Hill?

5. Why does Mattie handle the bills and the exchange of money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do some people in the coffeehouse suggest is causing the sickness?

2. Who is Mr. Stephen Girard?

3. Why does Eliza feel that Philadelphia is the best city for free African Americans to live?

4. Why does the church bell ring twenty-one times?

5. Why does Mrs. Bowles suggest to Mattie that she come work at the orphan house?

6. What does Nathaniel Benson send Mattie?

7. How does Jeannine insult Mattie and her mother?

8. How does Mattie try to catch fish in the stream?

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

10. Why does Mattie distrust Dr. Rowley?

(see the answer keys)

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