Characters
Teen girl who grows into responsibility during the epidemic
Mattie
Where does Mattie find Nell?
Hiding on the street
What does Eliza think they should do because the children continued to get more sick
Bleed them
How does Nathaniel support Mattie at the end of the book
He paints signs and helps her emotionally
What happened to mother/ why did it take her so long to return
She became frantic searching for Mattie and ended up falling Ill and damaging her heart
Mattie’s friend who is a painter's apprentice
Nathaniel Benson
Where does Mattie take the children when they all fall ill
Coffeehouse
What is the significance of the frost that finally arrives
It marks the end of the epidemic
What motivates Mattie to reopen the coffeehouse
to honor her mother and provide for Nell
What happened to the Ogilvies
The left for the countryside and the oldest had married her tutor
Former coffeehouse cook, now active in helping the sick
Eliza
Place originally feared but turned out to be a hospital with good care
Bush Hill
Which treatment method was most successful
French doctors
What happened to Grandfather
He was killed during the intruder attack
Where did Nathaniel spend the lock in and what did he eat
Possum
Strong, blunt woman who helps Eliza with sick patients
Mother Smith
Why is Bush Hill important in the novel
It's where she receives proper care
What was really responsible for the spread of Yellow Fever
Mosquitos
When Grandfather passes away, Mattie refused to let him be buried without
A prayer
Mrs. Epler (famers)
In the countryside
Group that selflessly helped the sick during the epidemic
Free African Society
Why do some characters fear the orphanage
It’s overcrowded and underfunded
While Mattie is glad to have the coffeehouse to support her family, she believes it could be improved significantly. What change does she think would help?
Expand ,serve breakfast ,sell cakes
Give and example of an external conflict from the book
ect
How did the people that stayed in the city differ from those who went to the countryside?
those who stayed lost weight often had blackened teeth and long lasting side effects from the treatments
Those who left looked as if they had just come back from a summer's vacation