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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 else returns at the end of Chapter 28?

2. What insect spreads Yellow Fever?

3. What did Mother Smith have sent to the cooperage?

4. Why does Eliza tell Mattie that she should eat slowly?

5. Who is the second person to wake up at the coffeehouse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What type of information does Mr. Brown say that he is now reporting in his newspaper?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Mattie get rid of the robbers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Philadelphia is an important setting in the novel. Discuss the significance of this setting focusing on its impact on plot and character development. Then discuss how the story would be different if the story were set elsewhere. Be sure to cite several examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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