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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After reading Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 how would you characterize Matilda's relationship with her mother?
(a) Matilda and her mother are more like sisters than mother and daughter.
(b) Matilda and her mother do not have a relationship.
(c) Matilda feels like a servant.
(d) Matilda and her mother are friends.

2. Why does Mattie not tell her Grandfather about her fishing experience?
(a) She does not want to make him feel more hunger by thinking of fish.
(b) She does not want to share the fish she caught.
(c) She does not want to admit defeat.
(d) Because she does not want to share her secret way of catching fish.

3. Where do Mattie and her grandfather go?
(a) To the country.
(b) To the market.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To the newspaper office.

4. What type of fruit does Mattie find on her walk back to Grandfather?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Pears.

5. What does Mattie suggest doing tomorrow?
(a) Walking towards the country.
(b) Finding more food.
(c) Moving their camp tomorrow to the willow tree.
(d) Finding a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Now that Polly has died who is responsible for her chores?

3. How often does Mattie's mother need to be bathed?

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

5. Why has business increased at the coffeehouse over the past week?

(see the answer key)

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