Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-8

Reading Check

1. What is the main character’s name?

2. What does Matilda’s mother forbid her to do in Chapter 3?

3. Where does Matilda run into Nathaniel in Chapter 5?

4. Who suddenly collapses at the end of Chapter 7?

5. Who is the woman in the cart at the end of Chapter 8??

Multiple Choice

1. Why did Matilda’s mother’s family abandon her mother?

A) They disapproved of her marriage.

B) She converted to another religion.

C) She was the product of an extramarital affair.

D) They found her ambition and behavior improper.

2. What is the disease that threatens Philadelphia in Fever 1793?

A) the plague

B) yellow fever

C) malaria

D) scarlet fever

3. What does Matilda dislike about the Ogilvie family?

A) She thinks they are strange.

B) She thinks they are snobbish.

C) She thinks they are cruel.

D) She thinks they are dishonest.

4. Why does Matilda’s mother want to impress the Ogilvies?

A) She wants them to invest in the coffeeshop.

B) She wants them to use their influence with city officials on her behalf.