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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. Why does Grandfather not wake up?

2. How does this new person help Mrs. Cook?

3. When Mattie's mother begins to worry about Mattie falling ill she suggests sending her where?

4. Who does Grandfather compare Mattie to?

5. Who is King George?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mattie distrust Dr. Rowley?

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

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

4. What does Grandfather want Mattie to do with the money he gives her?

5. Describe what the city looks like as Mattie and Grandfather ride the wagon through it.

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

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

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

9. How many people have been predicted to die?

10. What does Nathaniel Benson send Mattie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At times throughout the novel Mattie and Eliza depend on one another. Look back through the novel and:

1) Describe how their relationship evolves.

2) Discuss the impact that their relationship has at each point in the novel.

Use specific examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Eliza and Mrs. Cook. In your essay:

1) Describe Eliza (focus on her physical appearance as well as her personality).

2) Describe Mrs. Cook focus on her physical appearance as well as her personality).

3) Analyze their similarities and differences.

Use specific examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Mattie and her mother's relationship develops and their bond is strengthened through absence.

1) Describe their relationship at several points in the novel.

2) Explain how their relationship changes.

3) Analyze why this change happens. What causes it to happen?

Use evidence from the novel to support your ideas.

(see the answer keys)

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