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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. When will she start her plan for the future?

2. Why is Joseph crying?

3. Who is with Mrs. Cook?

4. How does Mattie hurt her foot?

5. Who offers to design the handbill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mattie's mother take a horse from the Ludingtons' farm and ride off?

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

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

4. Find two examples of how people showed fear and panic during the epidemic.

5. Why does Mother Smith suggest that Mattie is doing more harm than good to Nell?

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

7. Why does Mattie tell Eliza that the children should not be bled?

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

9. Why does Mattie tell Eliza all of the details about what she has been through?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is an important topic in this novel.

1) Describe the different ways friendship is presented in the book in detail

2) Then discuss the message the author is trying to make about friendships. In other words, what is her view of friendships? What does she think is important in a friendship? What does she do to show the reader this is her belief?

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

One of the themes FEVER, 1793 addresses is motivation. 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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