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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. When Mattie's mother begins to worry about Mattie falling ill she suggests sending her where?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) To Europe.
(c) To a friend's farm.
(d) To the mountains.

2. What does Mattie find for them to eat?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Apples.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Strawberries.

3. Why is Mattie Leaving?
(a) She wants to be with Nathaniel Benson.
(b) She wants to be the Ogilvie family.
(c) Dr. Kerr says that it is the only way to keep her safe.
(d) She decides that it is the only way she will be safe.

4. How does Mattie feel about the invitation?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She does not want to go.
(c) She does not want to go.
(d) She is afraid of catching the fever.

5. What does Matilda believe has made her mother so bitter?
(a) Polly's death.
(b) She has always been bitter.
(c) Having to work hard.
(d) The death of her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mattie think that the bugs are bothering them at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. Who else is in the wagon with Mattie?

3. Where is Mattie allowed to go when she leaves the house?

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

5. Why does the farmer throw Mattie and Grandfather off of the wagon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Grandfather as he leaves on the wagon.

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

3. The business at the coffeehouse has improved due to the fever therefore the Cook family has some extra money. Each member of the family has a different idea of what should be done with the money. What are their ideas?

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

5. What does Nathaniel Benson send Mattie?

6. What do some people in the coffeehouse suggest is causing the sickness?

7. Grandfather feels that Nathaniel Benson must do something before he will ever be able to amount to anything. What is it that he feels he should do?

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

9. Describe what the city looks like as Mattie and Grandfather ride the wagon through it.

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

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