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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 is tied to the handle of the front door to the coffeehouse?

2. When is Mattie's favorite time to take a walk with Nathaniel?

3. How does Mattie react when she is reunited with Eliza?

4. Who else returns at the end of Chapter 28?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Yellow Fever still exist and if so where?

2. What happens when Grandfather comes downstairs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. At the end of Chapter 18 what does Mattie daydream about?

10. How are people who left the city acting differently from those who stayed in the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Friendship is an important topic in this novel.

1) Describe the different ways friendship is presented in the book in detail

2) Then discuss the message the author is trying to make about friendships. In other words, what is her view of friendships? What does she think is important in a friendship? What does she do to show the reader this is her belief?

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

Essay Topic 3

Mattie grows and changes as a character as the novel progresses. At the same time, she holds to a core set of values. Compare and contrast Mattie at several different stages in her development. Be sure to cite examples from the text to support your ideas.

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