Fever,+1793-+7th+grade,+SFXS

=== Choose THREE of the following literature response questions to answer. Each response should be in a well-developed paragraph of at least seven sentences. When posting your response, include the number of the question you are answering in your topic line. You also should comment on two other posts by people who answered different questions than you did. For example, if you answered questions 2, 5, and 7, post comments on responses to 1 and 9. ===

1. Much of the first part of the story takes place in the Cook Coffeehouse. Describe the activities that go on there before, during, and after the guests arrive.

2. At the time, no one really knows the true cause of the yellow fever epidemic. What are some of the possible causes suggested by various townspeople and #|doctors?

3. Toward the beginning of the story, Matilda wants to go to the market place in town. Why does she want to go there?

4. Why does Mrs. Cook want Matilda to join her for tea at the Ogilvies’? Why does Matilda agree to join her that afternoon?

5. Throughout the book, Matilda and her mother never say they #|love each other, yet we know they do. What evidence is there in the story that the two feel deeply for each other?

6. In good times, how are the #|farmers outside the city dependent on the city-dwellers of Philadelphia? How are the city-dwellers dependent on the farmers?

7. Authors sometimes subject their characters to difficult tasks. What are two tasks Matilda accomplishes?

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">8. What evidence is there in the story that grandfather enjoyed his earlier years as a <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">soldier?

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">9. Matilda changes a great deal from the beginning of the novel to the end. Give <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">three specific examples of those changes.

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">10. During the story, the people of Philadelphia face many dangers, including the <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">risks of disease, starvation, robbery, and assault. Describe a dramatic incident in <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">which Matilda faces on of these dangers and point out the personal qualities that <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">help her survive.

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">11. Based on what you know of Matilda’s character and experiences throughout the <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">story, what, to Matilda, would make a perfect day?

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">12. How would Matilda’s life have changed if Mrs. Cook had stayed healthy and <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">remained with her daughter at all times during her story?

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">13. Do you think it is fair of the town council of Pembroke to prevent fever victims <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">from escaping the city of Philadelphia and entering their town?

<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">14. What is your opinion of Matilda’s decision to make Eliza a partner in the Cook <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Coffeehouse?