Characters
Who is the main girl in the story who helps her family's business?
Mathilda "Mattie" Cook
The novel begins in this U.S. city.
Philadelphia
What does Matilda's family own and run?
A Coffeehouse
Who is dumped on the street from a wheelbarrow?
Matilda's mother/Lucille
She works as the cook and is part of the Free African Society.
Eliza
The story takes place during this year.
1793
Where do Mathilda and Grandfather go to escape the fever?
The Ludingtons'
What group takes care of the sick people in the city?
What is the name of Matilda's mother?
Mrs. Lucille Cook
What is the new disease in the city?
Yellow Fever
Where does Mathilda wake up after she gets sick?
Bush Hill hospital
What is the name of Grandfather's pet parrot?
King George
Who was Matilda's childhood friend who dies at the start of the book?
Polly
Wealthier families flee here to escape the fever.
The countryside
Who takes care of Mathilda at Bush Hill?
Mrs. Flagg
What is done to Mathilda's mother to treat her sickness?
She is bled
Who is the painter's apprentice that Mathilda runs into at the market?
Nathaniel Benson
When many people die, they are buried in this place instead of having funerals.
Potter's Field
What do Mathilda and Grandfather discover when they get back to the coffeehouse?
It has been robbed
What is the name of the Doctor that tries to cure Lucille's sickness?
Dr. Kerr