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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. Who does Mattie think she sees when she is walking to get help for Nell?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her Grandfather.
(d) Nathaniel Benson.

2. Who is the first person up at the coffeehouse?
(a) Mrs. Cook.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Mattie.
(d) Nell.

3. When will she start her plan for the future?
(a) Next year.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) Next week.
(d) Next month.

4. When is Mattie's favorite time to take a walk with Nathaniel?
(a) In the morning.
(b) Late at night.
(c) Just before sundown.
(d) After lunch.

5. What is tied to the handle of the front door to the coffeehouse?
(a) A notice about the fever.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) Mail.
(d) A yellow piece of fabric.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mattie keep the children out of the kitchen when she and Eliza are cooking?

2. Why is Grandfather unable to hang his sword above the fireplace?

3. What is proving to be a good way to get more customers to spend more money?

4. What was keeping Mattie's mother from resting while she was in the country?

5. Where does Eliza go in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why will Mattie and Eliza have to go through lawyers in order to be partners?

2. Why does Mattie promise her mother that she will not wear her clothes.

3. What does Eliza suggest that Mattie and Nell should do until the epidemic is over?

4. When does Mattie feel that there are ghosts nearby?

5. Why can the children not stay at the cooperage?

6. Why does Mother Smith suggest that Mattie is doing more harm than good to Nell?

7. What type of information does Mr. Brown say that he is now reporting in his newspaper?

8. Why does Grandfather allow Mattie to order him to bed when they reach the coffeehouse?

9. What is Mattie and Nell's relationship at this point?

10. What does Mattie give thanks for at the end of Chapter 17?

(see the answer keys)

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