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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 must Mattie do before enjoying her coffee?

2. How does Mattie keep the children quiet in the morning?

3. Who sends Mattie, Eliza, and the children a lot of food?

4. Why does Mattie not want to wake Grandfather for help?

5. What is most difficult for Mattie about helping Eliza?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How are people who left the city acting differently from those who stayed in the city?

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

7. Why is the Sharp home destroyed inside?

8. What does Mattie give thanks for at the end of Chapter 17?

9. Why will Mattie and Eliza have to go through lawyers in order to be partners?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is important to the plot in this novel. Select three of the settings in the novel and:

1) Describe the setting in detail.

2) Discuss how it influence the plot and character development. Be sure to cite several examples from the novel 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

One of the themes FEVER, 1793 addresses is perseverance. 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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