Fever 1793 Chapter 20

What does Mattie bury with Grandfather?

• His prized chest pieces

• A book of Psalms

• A portrait of her Grandmother

• His sword

Why does Mattie decide not to return to Bush Hill?

• She does not want to seem like a helpless child.

• It has become overwhelmed with fever victims.

• She decides to go to the Ludingtons' instead.

• There are too many memories of Grandfather there.

What does Mattie mistake for potatoes and carrots while at the empty market?

• Mice

• Rats

• Dogs

• Cats

Who does Mattie visit in hopes to have help in finding mother?

• The Ogilvie's

• Master Peale

• Mr. Brown

• Mrs. Flagg

Why is Mr. Brown unable to print an ad looking for Mother?

• He has more important information to print in the newspaper.

• The Gazette is the last paper being printed in the city.

• He has no one to help him run the paper.

• He plans to flee the city soon.

Why does the woman with the cane attack Mattie?

• Because Mattie was peering in the windows of the Warner's hat shop.

• Because Mattie had some bread and potatoes that the woman wanted.

• Because Mattie says she had been sick with the fever.

• Because the woman did not believe Mattie knew the Warner's.

Name the type of figurative language being used here:

"You can't just toss him in there like a sack of potatoes."

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

Name the type of figurative language being used here:

"Shiny, slippery rats, fat and fast, poured in and out of the basket twitching their noses and flicking their tails."

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Name the type of figurative language being used here:

"The sodden wharf planks moaned as the tide pulled the river water toward the open sea."

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Irony

What does Mattie find at the end of this chapter?

• A lost puppy

• A broken doll

• A small child

• An abandoned satchel