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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Dr. Rowley?
2. Who is King George?
3. How often does Mattie's mother need to be bathed?
4. What wakes Mattie up at the beginning of Chapter 13?
5. What does Grandfather promise Mrs. Flagg?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the church bell ring twenty-one times?
2. Grandfather feels that Nathaniel Benson must do something before he will ever be able to amount to anything. What is it that he feels he should do?
3. How does Mattie try to catch fish in the stream?
4. How many people have been predicted to die?
5. What is Grandfather's response to the clerk when he suggests sending Mattie to the orphan hose?
6. Describe Mattie's morning in Chapter 1.
7. Describe Grandfather as he leaves on the wagon.
8. Where does the doctor suggest that the women and children should go?
9. What do some people in the coffeehouse suggest is causing the sickness?
10. What does Grandfather want Mattie to do with the money he gives her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look at the first chapter and the epilogue. There are many similarities and differences between these two chapters. Compare and contrast these two chapters paying particular attention to the main characters. Be sure to cite specific examples to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
In FEVER, 1793 the author presents viewpoints on the themes of fear and perseverance vs. hope.
1) Describe the viewpoints presented on each of these themes.
2) Describe the characters presenting each of these themes.
3) Discuss the role that each of this conflict plays in the novel. Then discuss which the author thinks is more powerful.
Support your ideas with specific examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
One of the themes FEVER, 1793 addresses is perseverance. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas. Do you believe that the novel does a good job of expounding on this theme? Defend your answer.
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