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Quiz about Fever 1793 By Laurie Halse Anderson

"Fever: 1793" - By Laurie Halse Anderson Quiz

Have you read the book, including the back appendix? You have better, because this quiz will stump you otherwise.

A multiple-choice quiz by secluded. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
secluded

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
210,376

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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376

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the business that Mattie's mother runs? Hint

a general store

a coffeehouse

a tavern

a hotel

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Question 2 of 10

2. Ok, now let us look at some of the characters. What were the names of Mattie's mother and grandfather? Hint

Lucille, William

Lucinda, William

Lucille, Matthew

Lucinda, Matthew

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did Mattie's father die? Hint

He fell off a ladder

He was crushed by a roof he was building

He caught yellow fever

A "saw accident"

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Question 4 of 10

4. When Mattie's mother first contracts yellow fever, who is the first doctor they call? Hint

Mr. Rowley

A French doctor

Dr. Rush

Dr. Kerr

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Question 5 of 10

5. Mattie has a crush on the painter's apprentice. What is his name? Hint

Nathaniel Benson

Charles Peale

Joseph Calomel

Richard Allen

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Question 6 of 10

6. When does Mattie's grandfather die? Hint

During the night after the thieves attacked him

In the woods on the way to the country

As soon as they enter the coffeehouse upon returning from Bush Hill

He doesn't die

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Question 7 of 10

7. When Mattie finds Eliza and helps her care for other victims, what three children of emotional connection do they take back to her house to try and save? Hint

Nell, Joseph, Nathaniel

Sue, William, Nathaniel

Sue, Robert, Joseph

Nell, Robert, William

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Question 8 of 10

8. How is yellow fever spread? Hint

coughing

contact with an infected person

mosquito bites

transfer of body fluids

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many people did this epidemic kill? Hint

5,000

10,000

3,000

2,000

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Question 10 of 10

10. What common doctor technique that was used to cure yellow fever may have actually killed more patients than it helped? Hint

dousing them in vinegar

bathing the infected in cool water

resting and drinking fluids

bleeding infected people

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the business that Mattie's mother runs?

Answer: a coffeehouse

The family ran a coffeehouse, which was on the bottom floor of their home. It was built by Mattie's father, who died shortly after building it.

2. Ok, now let us look at some of the characters. What were the names of Mattie's mother and grandfather?

Answer: Lucille, William

Mattie's grandfather's full name is Captain William Farnsworth Cook, of the Pennsylvanian Fifth Regiment.

3. How did Mattie's father die?

Answer: He fell off a ladder

Mattie's father actually built their house by himself, since he was a carpenter. However, he died only 2 months after he finished constructing the house.

4. When Mattie's mother first contracts yellow fever, who is the first doctor they call?

Answer: Dr. Kerr

This was a trick question. Indeed, when Lucinda first contracts yellow fever, they call in Mr. Rowley first, but he is not a doctor. The first doctor they call arrives the next day, and is Dr. Kerr.

5. Mattie has a crush on the painter's apprentice. What is his name?

Answer: Nathaniel Benson

Nathaniel was an apprentice to the Peale family, who were an actual family living during this crisis.

6. When does Mattie's grandfather die?

Answer: During the night after the thieves attacked him

Mattie's grandfather does not die from yellow fever. He has a problem not specifically mentioned in the book that kills him.

7. When Mattie finds Eliza and helps her care for other victims, what three children of emotional connection do they take back to her house to try and save?

Answer: Nell, Robert, William

Robert and William are the two sons of Joseph, a friend of Eliza's who she cared for while he had the fever. Nell was a girl Mattie found on the streets whose mother had died from the fever.

8. How is yellow fever spread?

Answer: mosquito bites

It was only in 1902 that Dr. Walter Reed discovered that the disease was spread by the female mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

9. How many people did this epidemic kill?

Answer: 5,000

The 5,000 people, or 10% of Philadelphia's population, were all killed in just a short span of 3 months.

10. What common doctor technique that was used to cure yellow fever may have actually killed more patients than it helped?

Answer: bleeding infected people

Dr. Rush prescribed that patients be bled to rid their body of the pestilence. This did not help, and only made the person weaker.

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