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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 7 Mattie's mother pays her a compliment. What does she tell her?
(a) That she is funny.
(b) That she is pretty.
(c) That she is smart.
(d) That she is a wonderful daughter.

2. What type of meeting is Eliza attending?
(a) The Culinary Society.
(b) A church meeting.
(c) The Society to Cure the Fever.
(d) The Free African Society.

3. Why did Eliza want Mattie to cut her some asparagus grass?
(a) To add to the soup she was making.
(b) To eat for a snack.
(c) To help kill germs.
(d) To keep the flies away from her.

4. Who does Grandfather compare Mattie to?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Himself.
(c) Her mother, Mrs. Cook.
(d) Polly.

5. Why must Eliza go home at night?
(a) She is afraid of becoming ill.
(b) She is too tired to help Mrs. Cook and Eliza.
(c) She wants to go home.
(d) Her brother's family is expecting her.

6. Why does Mrs. Epler, the egg vendor, say that people are dying?
(a) Because they have bad luck.
(b) Because they are sinners who do not attend church.
(c) Because they are weak.
(d) Because they are dirty.

7. How did Polly die?
(a) She was struck by a sudden fever.
(b) She was run down by a horse.
(c) She drowned.
(d) She has been sick for a long time.

8. Matilda and her mother live above what type of business?
(a) A Coffeehouse.
(b) A Blacksmith.
(c) A General Store.
(d) A Shoemaker.

9. How often does Mattie's mother need to be bathed?
(a) Every two hours.
(b) Every eight hours.
(c) Every six hours.
(d) Every four hours.

10. What does Mattie compare the clerk to?
(a) A toad.
(b) A lion.
(c) A clown.
(d) A snake.

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

12. Now that Polly has died who is responsible for her chores?
(a) A new serving girl has been hired.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Mattie's mother.
(d) Mattie.

13. Before Mattie's grandfather came to live with them what was his profession?
(a) He was a carpenter.
(b) He was the captain of a ship.
(c) He was an army captain.
(d) He was a chef.

14. What does Grandfather promise Mrs. Flagg?
(a) To marry her.
(b) A buy her dinner.
(c) A house.
(d) To take her to a ball.

15. What wakes Mattie up at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) A crow.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) A mockingbird.
(d) King George.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Matilda and her mother argue about in this chapter?

2. When are patients discharged?

3. How would you characterize Matilda's reaction to Polly's death?

4. What is causing Mattie's terrible dreams?

5. How does this new person help Mrs. Cook?

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