Characters
Dreams of going to France and bringing back combs, fabric and jewelry.
Who is Matilda Cook?
Setting of the novel (city/year)
What is Philadelphia 1793?
Who is Polly Logan?
Mattie and her mother were invited to have tea at the home of __________________.
Who are the Olgilvies?
Decorative stitching, especially on clothing
What is embroidered?
The "unmentionable place that preachers liked to go on about" and Mattie did not like this place.
What the blacksmith's shop?
Matilda's mother prohibited her from attending this so she could say good bye to Polly.
What is Polly's funeral?
Mother thinks he is going nowhere in life as a painter;s apprentice, and is therefore not a suitable match for Mattie
What is Mother's feeling about Nathanial Benson?
If it were not for Eliza's fine ____________, and the hungry customers who paid to eat them, we'd have been on the streets long ago.
What are victuals?
William Farnsworth Cook
Who is Mattie's grandfather?
This was usually crowded with gentlemen, merchants and politicians enjoying a cup of coffee, a bite to eat and the news of the day.
What is the Cook Coffeehouse?
Type of figurative language:"My arms felt as heavy as lead from carrying the trays."
What is a simile?
Mother is considering sending Mattie to the country to live with this family.
Who are the Ludingtons?
A foul stench; like the "heap of rotting coffee beans on Ball's Wharf."
What is miasma?
He fell off a ladder and broke his neck, causing him to die.
Who is Matilda's father?
These people of Philadelphia did not believe in slavery and tried hard to convince others that slavery was against God's will.
Who are the Quakers?
A fever is plaguing people, and it is originating from the area around the docks, where the Santo Domingan refugees live.
What rumor is circulating through the city?
Everyone hushed as the bells began to toll, ringing once for each year the person lived.
Why did the church bells ring?
A feeling of hunger
What is peckish?
Works for the Cooks in their coffee house and is a freed slave
Who is Eliza?
George Washington is in town and has built his home not far from the Cook Coffeehouse.
What historical event sparked an increase in Matilda’s family business?
"I tried to see ______________ happy, joking, maybe stealing a kiss from Matthew, then bursting through the door to tell me."
Who is Polly?
An expression of frustration or anger when Mattie's chicken fell on the floor.
Mary Shewall suffered with this type of fever.
What is a bilious fever?