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Fever 1793 Book Test Detailed Questions and Expert Answers 2024
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Fever 1793 Book TestThe title of this book is... - ANS Fever 1793
Setting - ANS The city of Philadelphia, August, 1793
Author of Fever 1793 - ANS Laurie Halse Anderson
Where does Matilda live? - ANS Above a coffee house in Philadelphia
What business does Matilda's family own? - ANS They own a coffeehouse
What historical event sparked an increase in the family's business? - ANS President
Washington's house was built 2 blocks away from the coffee house
Why do the church bells ring? - ANS To show that someone has died
What rumor is circulating through the city? - ANS A fever is plaguing people, and it
is originating from the area around the docks.
Matilda's family earns extra profits from the coffeehouse in August, but no one can
agree on how to spend it. What are the opinions of all three family members as to
how the money
,should be spent? - ANS Grandfather wants to use it to go into trade.
Matilda wants to buy another coffee urn, expand Watson's lot, and make a
meeting room
Matilda's grandfather refuses to believe that the deaths are related to yellow
fever. Who does he blame for the weird sickness circulating through the city? -
ANS Matilda's grandfather blames the refugees. He thinks they are cursed.
Why is Matilda's mother so eager to have tea with Mrs. Ogilvie? - ANS She is so
eager because she wants Matilda to marry Mrs. Ogilvie's son Edward.
What do Matilda and her grandfather encounter on their walk home from the
printer? - ANS A man wheeling a woman arrived at the coffee house and dumped
her into the front of the shop
What symptoms of illness does Matilda's mother have? - ANS She slept in the
middle of the day, weeping, shivering, red and yellow eyes, and vomiting blood
As Matilda and her grandfather are traveling to the country with the farmer and
his family, they come across four men on horseback. Initially, who do they think
these men are? - ANS They think these 4 men are robbers
How do Matilda and her grandfather end up stranded? - ANS Because the doctor
threw them off of the wagon and the farmer drove away
, After gathering fresh pears, Matilda heads back to feed and care for her
grandfather. What happens on the way back? - ANS Matilda blacks out because
she is hot, tired and dehydrated
Who is Mrs. Flagg? - ANS Mrs. Flagg is a nurse at Bush Hill. She is caring for Matilda
while she is sick with yellow fever. It seems Matilda's grandfather has a crush on
Mrs. Flagg
What is Bush Hill? - ANS Bush Hill is a mansion that has been converted in a
hospital to care for fever victims
What do Matilda and her grandfather discover when they enter the coffeehouse? -
ANS broken window pieces, downstairs is a mess
What is Matilda relieved to find hidden under a stair? - ANS She is relieved to find
the clothes press untouched, and the bed linens were folded neatly and kept in
place
What are Matilda's grandfather's last words? - ANS "Love you."
What does Matilda find when she goes to the market for food? - ANS She finds the
market full of nothing but rats and dust.
Why does Matilda go to the newspaper printer? - ANS Matilda wants to put an ad
in the newspaper to try and find her mother.
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