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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 say her mother felt like?

2. Where do Mattie and Eliza place the mattress?

3. Who is in charge when Eliza is away?

4. What percent of Philadelphia's population was killed by the Yellow Fever epidemic?

5. Who is Jean Pierre Blanchard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mattie get rid of the robbers?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is the Sharp home destroyed inside?

10. How did the Ludingtons try to find Mattie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 26 Mattie states, "Yellow Fever had certainly done away with vanity." What do you think she means by this statement? How would you have reacted if your "vanity" was taken away by disease? Why?

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

Essay Topic 2

In FEVER, 1793, a few minor characters have a major impact on the story line. Select one of the following minor characters to analyze: Mrs. Cook, Joseph, Nathaniel Benson, Nell, Mother Smith. Discuss:

1) The personality (character traits) of this character.

2) The relationship between this minor character and the major characters in the story.

3) The impact of this character on the story line--How does s/he influence the overall story line? How would the story be different if this character was removed?

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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