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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does this new person help Mrs. Cook?
(a) He says that there is nothing he can do to help.
(b) He gives her a shot.
(c) He cuts her and lets her bleed.
(d) He prescribes antibiotics.

2. Why does Mattie have to rewash the tablecloths?
(a) Because Silas knocked them down while chasing a squirrel.
(b) She dropped them.
(c) Eliza spilled dirty ditch water on them.
(d) She needs to wash them twice because of the fever germs.

3. How do the Ogilvie daughters treat Mattie?
(a) They befriend her.
(b) They refuse to enter the same room.
(c) They are mean to her.
(d) They are nice to her.

4. What insult does Matilda say to her mother?
(a) She tells her she is horrid.
(b) She tells her that she is mean.
(c) She tells her that she is ugly.
(d) She tells her she hates her.

5. In what city does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) New York City.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Washington D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mattie at the end of the chapter?

2. Who does Mattie run into while she is out of the house?

3. Who will stay with Mrs. Cook?

4. How many people have died in the city within the first week of the fever?

5. What does Mattie worry her mother wanted more than her?

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