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

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

3. One of the neighbors suggests that Mattie can find help for Nell by talking to whom?
(a) Mr. Brown.
(b) Someone at the orphan house.
(c) A nun.
(d) Reverend Allen.

4. What is proving to be a good way to get more customers to spend more money?
(a) More options.
(b) Nathaniel's art.
(c) Free samples.
(d) Advertising.

5. Why is Joseph crying?
(a) Because they have nothing left.
(b) Because the children are sick.
(c) Because he misses his wife.
(d) Because he is tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elza tell Mattie about Mrs. Cook?

2. What does Mattie decide she needs at the beginning of Chapter 18?

3. How does Mattie help the man pushing the cart?

4. How does Mattie hurt her foot?

5. At the end of chapter 17 what does Mattie do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Grandfather comes downstairs?

2. Find two examples of how people showed fear and panic during the epidemic.

3. What is Mattie and Nell's relationship at this point?

4. What does Mattie give thanks for at the end of Chapter 17?

5. When does Mattie feel that there are ghosts nearby?

6. Why does Grandfather allow Mattie to order him to bed when they reach the coffeehouse?

7. Why does Mother Smith suggest that Mattie is doing more harm than good to Nell?

8. Why did some people wait until George Washington returned to come back to the city?

9. How are people who left the city acting differently from those who stayed in the city?

10. Why does Mattie promise her mother that she will not wear her clothes.

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