F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS What type of business does Matilda’s family own? 2.Why does Eliza think Philadelphia is the best place to be a freed slave? 3.Why does Mattie think Eliza is the luckiest person she knows and considers her to be her best friend? 4.What happened to Polly? 5.Why doesn’t mother want Matilda to bring something to Polly’s mother?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS 1-3 “ THINK A BOUT I T ” 1.What two facts and one opinion can you state based on the text? 2.Symbolism is giving special meanings to objects, events or relationships through use of a symbol. The yellow balloon on page 4 is a symbol of what for Mattie? 3.Describe the kitchen in Chapter 2. 4.Describe: Mother, Eliza, Polly, and Matilda.

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS What does Mr. Carris think is causing the mysterious disease? 2.Define: “I fell asleep in the necessary.” 3.Why is the coffee house making more money than usual? Why are the farmers charging more? 4.How would you describe Mrs. Epler? 5.What did the bell ringing stand for when someone died?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS 4-5 “T HINK A BOUT IT ” 1.Compare and contrast Mattie to a typical teen today. 2.What elements of historical fiction are there so far? 3.Write about a time you went to a flea market (Cow Town, Rice’s Market, Booth’s Corner). What did you see, hear, and smell? How is this experience different from going to a mall or shopping center? 4.Mrs. Epler thinks that the fever is due to what? Can you make a connection with her attitude and today’s attitude toward AIDS?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS How does Mattie feel about Nathaniel? How do we know? 2.What was Nathaniel’s job? 3.What does Grandfather say about fever victims on page 38? 4.Why does Mrs. Cook want Matilda to join her for tea at the Ogilvies’s? Why does Matilda agree to join her that afternoon? 5.Describe Jeanine and Colette Ogilvie.

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS 6-7 “T HINK A BOUT IT ” 1.What is your opinion of what Mrs. Olgilvie says about fever victims? Who does this remind you of? 2.What does Jeannine compare the coffee house to? Why does that upset Mother?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS Why does going to the Ludingtons’ Farm sound better to Mattie now? 2.What is in the cart being pulled by the old man? 3.How does Grandfather react to Lucille’s illness? What does this say about him? 4.Why does mother insist that Mattie leave her alone?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS 8-9 “T HINK A BOUT IT ” 1.What changes do you see in Mattie’s character? What events are bringing about these changes? 2.What is the worst illness you or a member of your family has had? How did it make you feel? 3.Throughout the book, Matilda and her mother never say they love each other, yet we know they do. What evidence is there in the story that shows these two feel deeply for each other?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS What does Dr. Kerr do to try and cure mother? Why? Do you think he will be successful? 2.Why does Grandfather have to tie a yellow ribbon outside the coffee house? 3.What has happened to Nathaniel? 4.According to Grandfather, a soldiers needs three things: _________, __________, and ___________. 5.Why did armed horsemen stop the wagon before entering Pembroke?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS – “T HINK ABOUT IT ” 1.Who are the men the carriage meets on the way to Pembrooke? What does this say about the changes in society due to the fever? Were you ever turned away from something? Make a personal connection. 2.What are the foreshadowing events in chapter 11? 3.Make a prediction about Mattie and Grandfather. 4.Do you think it is fair for the town council of Pembroke to prevent fever victims from escaping the city of Philadelphia and entering their town? Why or why not?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS Describe Mattie’s plan of action when she discovers the raspberry bush. 2.How did Mattie try and catch the fish? 3.What does the potato farmer do when Mattie approaches? Why? 4.Why doesn’t Mattie want to be in Bush Hill? 5.Make a prediction about what happened to Lucille.

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS – “T HINK ABOUT IT ” 1.How have Mattie and Grandfather reversed roles? Give a specific example from the text. 2.In Chapter 14, war is a metaphor for what? Find evidence to support this. 3.How is Stephen Girard’s treatment different from Dr. Rush’s treatment? Contrast the two treatments.

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS Why was Matilda being moved to the barn? Describe the barn. 2.On the wagon ride, what did Mrs. Bowles suggest Matilda do? 3.Why shouldn’t Mattie leave her house once she returns to Philadelphia? 4.When Mattie and Grandfather return to Philadelphia, what changes in society have occurred? 5.What was the coffeehouse like when Grandfather and Matilda returned?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS – “T HINK ABOUT IT ” 1.Identify a positive change in Grandfather. Make a personal connection. Has any particular experience brought about a positive change in you? 2.How does Mattie and her Grandfather’s relationship change when they return to Philadelphia? 3.List several examples of historical fiction elements in this section.

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS How has Mattie become like her mother? 2.List several differences between hygiene in 1793 and hygiene today. 3.Who are the people in Mattie’s house? Why are they there? 4.Describe the fight between Mattie, grandfather and the intruders. 5.What happens to Grandfather?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS – “T HINK ABOUT IT ” 1.List several examples of how Mattie “steps outside the traditional female role.” Use text evidence to support your answers. 2.Why are there intruders in Mattie’s house? Can you think of a recent event in this country when many people forgot the laws of society?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS What item does Mattie bury with her grandfather? 2.How does Mattie get the men to allow a prayer to be said before burying her grandfather? 3.What does Matilda find when she goes to the market for food? 4.Who is Nell? Why does Mattie go searching for the Revered Allen’s group? 5.What does Matilda learn about her mother from Eliza?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS – “T HINK ABOUT IT ” 1.What does, “death was a heavy companion” mean? What type of figurative language is this statement? 2.How does Mattie differ in her attitude toward responsibility from her attitude at the beginning of the story. List several examples from the text. 3.Why did the Free African Society begin taking care of fever victims? List at least two reasons.

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS Matilda is helping out at Eliza’s house, acting more like an adult with each passing day. Give three ways Matilda is acting like a mature adult 2. Why does Matilda decide to hurry up and take Nell to the orphan house? 3. Describe the orphan house. 4. What does Matilda find out about Colette Ogilvie? 5. What falls from the sky as Eliza and Matilda are walking home? Who do you think is hidden behind the shutters? 6. What odd ingredient are the people of Philadelphia putting in their bread? 7. Who is making a profit off the yellow fever?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS – “T HINK ABOUT IT ” During the story, the people of Philadelphia face many dangers, including the risk of disease, starvation, robbery, and assault. Describe a dramatic incident in which Matilda faces one of these dangers and point out personal qualities that help her survive.

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS Why is Matilda so against calling a doctor to help William, Robert and Nell? 2. How does the weather change in Chapter 26? What will this mean for the fever? 3. Why does Matilda go to the market? Describe several changes between now and a few weeks ago. 4. Nathaniel stayed locked in a house with his employer, Mr. Peale, during the plague. Since they never left or let anyone enter, how did they survive with the food shortage? 5. What does Mattie decide to do with the coffee house? Why do they need a legal contract?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS – “T HINK ABOUT IT ” 1. What does Matilda mean when she says, “We’re supposed to go back to the way we lived before, but everything has changed.” 2. How could someone tell the difference between the people who had left Philadelphia and the people who had stayed? Why is Mattie “bitter” and annoyed at all the people returning from the country? 3. Authors sometimes subject their characters to difficult tasks. What are two tasks Matilda accomplishes? What is the most difficult task you have ever accomplished? 4. What is your opinion of Matilda’s decision to make Eliza a partner in the Cook Coffeehouse?

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS 28-E PILOUGE 1. Describe the business at the coffeehouse. 2. What event sparks a massive return to the city for all the remaining people in the country? 3. What has happened to Matilda’s mother? Describe how mother has change? Use details from the story. 4. What is the yellow sun a symbol of on page 243? 5. Make a prediction about what will happen to each of the following characters: Mattie, Mother, Nathaniel, Nell and Eliza.

F EVER 1793 C HAPTERS 28-E PILOGUE – “T HINK ABOUT IT ” 1. Contrast the first scene in chapter 1 when Mattie’s mother is trying to get Mattie up to the first scene in the epilogue when Mattie is waking. 2. Describe how Mattie has changed from the beginning of the book to the end? Use specific examples from the book to prove your ideas. What type of character is Mattie? 3. The color yellow has a dual meaning in this story; it is both negative and positive. Why?