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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Mattie decided to do with her future?

2. How does Mattie escape the drunken soldier?

3. What insect spreads Yellow Fever?

4. What percent of Philadelphia's population was killed by the Yellow Fever epidemic?

5. What does Mattie decide she needs at the beginning of Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mattie tell Eliza that the children should not be bled?

2. Why did some people wait until George Washington returned to come back to the city?

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

4. What does the short excerpt at the beginning of the chapter foreshadow?

5. What happens when Grandfather comes downstairs?

6. How does Mattie get rid of the robbers?

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

8. When Mattie goes to Simon's house what is she looking for and what does she find?

9. Why did Mattie's mother take a horse from the Ludingtons' farm and ride off?

10. What is Eliza's reaction when she sees Mattie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the themes FEVER, 1793 addresses is perseverance. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas. Do you believe that the novel does a good job of expounding on this theme? Defend your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Eliza and Mrs. Cook. In your essay:

1) Describe Eliza (focus on her physical appearance as well as her personality).

2) Describe Mrs. Cook focus on her physical appearance as well as her personality).

3) Analyze their similarities and differences.

Use specific examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Mattie goes through several rites of passage in this novel. In your essay:

1) Describe at least two events that help usher her into adulthood.

2) Then discuss how these events help make her a "woman".

Be sure to cite several examples from the novel to support your ideas.

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