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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. What does Mattie get from the coffeehouse for Grandfather's burial?

2. Why does Joseph not come to the coffeehouse?

3. What does Mattie ask Mr. Brown to do?

4. Who does Mattie walk home with?

5. When was the Free African Society founded?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Eliza suggest that Mattie and Nell should do until the epidemic is over?

3. What does Mattie find when she goes to the market?

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

5. Why does Mattie feel like a traitor when she is walking Nell to the orphan house?

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

7. Why is the Sharp home destroyed inside?

8. What does the short excerpt at the beginning of the chapter foreshadow?

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

10. Why does Eliza move the furniture outside?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mattie grows and changes as a character as the novel progresses. At the same time, she holds to a core set of values. Compare and contrast Mattie at several different stages in her development. Be sure to cite examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 26 Mattie states, "Yellow Fever had certainly done away with vanity." What do you think she means by this statement? How would you have reacted if your "vanity" was taken away by disease? Why?

Be sure to cite specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

In FEVER, 1793, a few minor characters have a major impact on the story line. Select one of the following minor characters to analyze: Mrs. Cook, Joseph, Nathaniel Benson, Nell, Mother Smith. Discuss:

1) The personality (character traits) of this character.

2) The relationship between this minor character and the major characters in the story.

3) The impact of this character on the story line--How does s/he influence the overall story line? How would the story be different if this character was removed?

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