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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. How does Mattie escape the drunken soldier?

2. What does Mattie get from the coffeehouse for Grandfather's burial?

3. What does Mattie ask Mr. Brown to do?

4. Where does Eliza take Mattie and Nell?

5. When was the Free African Society founded?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eliza move the furniture outside?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is the Sharp home destroyed inside?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the topics that FEVER, 1793 addresses is the contrast between how the city was before the epidemic and how the city is after the epidemic. In your essay:

1) Describe the city before the epidemic.

2) Describe the city after the epidemic.

3) Analyze the similarities and differences between these two periods.

Cite several 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

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.

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