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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 did Mother Smith have sent to the cooperage?

2. Who wakes Mattie up on her first morning back home?

3. When Eliza tells Mattie that she can go home what is Mattie's response?

4. What does Nell want from Eliza?

5. What wakes Mattie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Find two examples of how people showed fear and panic during the epidemic.

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

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

5. What does Mattie find when she goes to the market?

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

7. Why is the Sharp home destroyed inside?

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

9. Why does Eliza move the furniture outside?

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

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

The coffee shop is an important setting in the novel. Discuss the significance of this setting focusing on its impact on plot and character development. Then discuss how the story would be different if the story were set elsewhere. Be sure to cite several examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Philadelphia is an important setting in the novel. Discuss the significance of this setting focusing on its impact on plot and character development. Then discuss how the story would be different if the story were set elsewhere. Be sure to cite several examples from the novel to support your ideas.

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