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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Mattie?
(a) Nothing, she is fine.
(b) She has the stomach flu.
(c) She has Yellow Fever.
(d) She has the chicken pox.

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

3. What does King George demand from Mattie?
(a) Bread and berries.
(b) Bacon and eggs.
(c) To go home.
(d) Tea and rum.

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

5. Why does Grandfather think that he is a fool?
(a) For trusting the farmer.
(b) For bringing King George along.
(c) For not paying more attention to the fever and not listening to Mattie's mother..
(d) For bringing Mattie to the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doe Mattie use to make a pillow fro Grandfather?

2. Who is Polly?

3. Who is Dr. Rowley?

4. Where are the Ogilvie sons?

5. What does Grandfather suggest that Nathaniel Benson did at the market?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mattie's morning in Chapter 1.

2. What is Grandfather's response to the clerk when he suggests sending Mattie to the orphan hose?

3. What do Mattie and Grandfather learn at the newspaper office?

4. Why does Mattie's mother want her to leave the room?

5. What did Grandfather find when he returned home to the coffeehouse?

6. Describe Grandfather as he leaves on the wagon.

7. How would you characterize Mattie's feelings toward Nathaniel Benson after reading Chapter 5?

8. How does the author use foreshadowing to tell the reader that Colette may be ill?

9. Why does Mrs. Bowles suggest to Mattie that she come work at the orphan house?

10. What does Grandfather want Mattie to do with the money he gives her?

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