Fever 17-24

Question 1

Lingered

Answer 1

stay in place

Question 2

Salvage

Answer 2

save something for further use

Question 3

Brandishing

Answer 3

Waving something about, especially a weapon

Question 4

Urchin

Answer 4

Rascal or imp.

Question 5

Cowered

Answer 5

Cringed or moved backward in fear

Question 6

Recuperat

Answer 6

Regain health

Question 7

Hoisted

Answer 7

Raise something

Question 8

Cooper

Answer 8

Make/repair of barrels/caskets

Question 9

Turncoat

Answer 9

a person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one

Question 10

Forbidding

Answer 10

Unfriendly or threatening in appearance

Question 11

Idling

Answer 11

Spending time doing nothing

Question 12

Scurrilous

Answer 12

Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone to damage their reputation

Question 13

When Matilda returns to the coffeehouse, she encounters all the problems except

Answer 13

The food hadn’t been stolen

Question 14

Mr. Brown, the owner of The Gazette says in Chapter 20 that the only ones to benefit from the Yellow Fever are

Answer 14

the rats

Question 15

In chapter 21, Nell tells Matilda that her mother is

Answer 15

dead