Fever, 1793 Chapters 11-20 Quiz Review

The Ludingtons

The family who owns the farm that Mattie and Grandfather were headed toward.

The wagon ride to the Ludingtons'

Farmer, wife and baby take them

Eliza packed them food and clothing

The baby is bringing bugs/mosquitos

The highwaymen outside Pembroke

group of men checking travelers for the yellow fever.

What happens to Mattie and Grandfather when the men on horses stop them?

Grandfather appears ill so the farmer they are traveling with leaves them by the side of the road, taking their supplies with him.

What happens when Mattie and Grandfather are stranded?

finds water by looking for a willow tree (old soldier's trick). She attempts to fish, using her petticoat as a net. She finds berries and pears for her and Grandfather.

Bush Hill

Place where French doctors work to heal fever victims; An old mansion that has been converted into a hospital for the sick.

Describe how Mattie's impression of Bush Hill changes

She is initially terrified as Bush Hill has a reputation for being "one step away from Hell" but realizes it is much nicer now

Mrs. Flagg

A kind nurse at Bush Hill who takes care of Mattie and enjoys Grandfather's company.

Stephen Girard

a respectable French man who turned bush hill hospital into a respectable place

The clerk at Bush Hill

Wants to send Mattie to an orphanage when she is discharged; says life in Philadelphia will be worse; it's the only place she will be safe

Wagon ride to Philadelphia

Mattie and Grandfather are taken on a wagon back to Philadelphia from Bush Hill

Mrs. Bowles

Questions Mattie on if she's given any thought to how she can help now that she has recovered from and is immune to the fever. Offers her a job at the orphanage which Mattie declines.

Changes of Philadelphia from September 8 - September 24

everything is gray and lifeless; no one is out; businesses and houses are all shut up; the dead are lying in the street

Potter's Field

Where they are throwing all the dead bodies

Returning to the Coffeehouse

downstairs has been ransacked -- cupboards are empty and things are broken, etc. the garden has dried and up withered;

Why is the upstairs left the way it was even though the rest of the house was ransacked?

They most likely thought someone was sick upstairs

The robbers

two men break in, looking for things to steal and sell (chess pieces, Grandfather's sword); One is tall and one is short.

What do the robbers do when they notice Mattie?

The tall one threatens her and the short one wants to let her go

What happens when Grandfather comes down with his rifle?

He threatens to shoot the robbers. The short one jumps out the window and the tall one stays.

How does Mattie finally get rid of the tall robber?

She hits him with her Grandfather's sword and chases him down the street

Grandfather's Burial

Mattie attends to his burial, giving him her Grandmother's portrait; she walks with the cart to the graveyard and puts up a fight to make sure a prayer is said before he is buried

Mr. Brown

tells Mattie the rats are the only ones who have benefitted from the fever

only form of communication left; most newspapers have closed down

The Market (when Mattie returns)

Market is empty except for rats (farmers aren't coming to sell food)

Warner's Hat Shop

When looking in the window of the shop Mattie gets yelled at / threatened by a lady; finds a dirty young child all alone