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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 do for clean clothes?

2. Where do Mattie and Eliza place the mattress?

3. How does Mattie react when she is reunited with Eliza?

4. To whom is Mattie referring when she says, "Here is a familiar face,"?

5. How many people does Mr.Brown tell Mattie have died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Mattie promise her mother that she will not wear her clothes.

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

8. How does Mattie get rid of the robbers?

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

10. Why is the Sharp home destroyed inside?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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