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

2. Why does Mattie not want to wake Grandfather for help?
(a) She does not want to worry him.
(b) She does want to wake him.
(c) She is afraid that the robbers will attack both of them.
(d) She feels that she can handle it alone.

3. What was keeping Mattie's mother from resting while she was in the country?
(a) She was looking for Mattie.
(b) She was worried about the coffee house.
(c) She needed a doctor.
(d) She was uncomfortable.

4. What wakes Mattie?
(a) Heavy footsteps outside the window.
(b) Mice.
(c) Silas.
(d) Grandfather.

5. What does Mattie demand from the gravediggers?
(a) That they not bury Grandfather without a prayer.
(b) That they dig a separate grave for Grandfather.
(c) That they bury him immediately.
(d) That they put the portrait with Grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person up at the coffeehouse?

2. Where do Mattie and Eliza place the mattress?

3. When is Mattie's favorite time to take a walk with Nathaniel?

4. What insect spreads Yellow Fever?

5. Who else returns at the end of Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mattie feel her mother would be proud of her?

2. When Mattie goes to Simon's house what is she looking for and what does she find?

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

4. Why can the children not stay at the cooperage?

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

6. What is Eliza's reaction when she sees Mattie?

7. How did the Ludingtons try to find Mattie?

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

9. Why will Mattie and Eliza have to go through lawyers in order to be partners?

10. Why does Mattie say that it is more difficult to care for children?

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