1-11 Flashcards
What goes on before and after the guests arrive?
- before they arrive they have to
- churn the butter
- start the fire
- cook the food
- make the coffee
- After they leave
- clean the kitchen and the shop
- clean the dishes
- count the money
What are two possibilities that people that that the yellow fever was caused by…
- Hot weather
2. Smell of old coffee beans
Who is Nathenial
A boy that Mattie likes. She broke rules and acted out with him.
Why does Matilda’s mother want her to join the tea at the Olglives? Why does Mattie agree to go?
Because they are rich. Mattie agrees to go so she won’t have to do chores.
In good times how are the city dwellers and farmers outside the city dependent on each other?
By spreading manure back and forth.
Mattie’s mother never actually tells her she loves her, but what evidence in the story is there that she cares deeply about Mattie.
When her mom says take care whatever you do take care when she is leaving for the country.
What are symptoms of yellow fever.
Blood, sweat, yellow eyes, raspy throat, and the awful smelling black substance that marked a victim of yellow fever.
Where does Mattie become sick? Where does she recover?
She becomes sick in the woods. She recovers and bush hill.
Describe a dramatic insident which Matilda faces of these dangers. What personal qualities he’ll her survive?
A time is when she finds Nell and takes care of her. She knows how to take care of her because she would always have to take care for herself.
What happens to grandfathers body after death?
They loaded him in the death cart, Mattie was following them so they did it properly.
What is a time of great cruelty. What is a time of great kindness.
A time of great cruelty is when the wagon driver lies and takes all of grandfather and Mattie’s things. A time of great kindness is when Eliza takes Mattie and Nell in.
