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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 has come into the coffeehouse?

2. How is Nell acting throughout Chapter 21?

3. What does Mattie find in the garden that makes her dance?

4. Where does Nell sleep?

5. What do Grandfather and Mattie find when they walk into the coffeehouse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mattie get rid of the robbers?

3. At the end of Chapter 18 what does Mattie daydream about?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Does Yellow Fever still exist and if so where?

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

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

There are several characters who influence the person that Mattie becomes. Select the two characters who you believe have the greatest impact on her development and:

1) Describe each character's actions or beliefs as they relate to Mattie.

2) Discuss the impact of this character on Mattie's life and personality.

3) Discuss why you selected each particular character. What about each character made him/her more of an influence on Mattie than others?

Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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