Fever 1793 Fever 1793 Characters Setting Plot Vocabulary

Fever 1793

Fever 1793 Characters Setting Plot Vocabulary Misc. 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

Characters 100 • • Question: Who was the first to die of the fever? Answer: Polly Back

Characters: 200 • • Question: True or false? Eliza is a freed slave. Answer: True Back

Characters: 300 • Question: True or False? • Matilda loves helping her mother in the coffeehouse. • Answer: • False Back

Characters: 400 • • Question: Who did Matilda meet at the market? Answer: Nathaniel Benson Back

Characters: 500 • • Question: Which Oglive daughter got sick of the fever? Answer: Collette Back

Setting: 100 • • Question: Where does Matilda’s family work? Answer: A coffeehouse Back

Setting: 200 • • Question: Where does Nathaniel Benson work? Answer: the Peale’s house Back

Setting: 300 • • Question: What month does the fever start? Answer: August Back

Setting: 400 • Question: • Where did Grandfather take Matilda after she caught the fever? • Answer: • Bush Hill Back

Setting: 500 • Question: • What day did the frost come and end the fever in Philadelphia? • Answer: • October 23, 1793 Back

Plot: 100 • • Question: What illness is going on in Philadelphia? Answer: Yellow fever Back

Plot: 200 • • Question: How did Matilda attempt to catch the fish? Answer: She used her dress Back

Plot: 300 • • Question: How did the fever end? Answer: the frost at the beginning of Winter Back

Plot: 400 • • Question: How did the robbers get into the house? Answer: Matilda was hot so she left the window open Back

Plot: 500 • • Question: Was the strongbox stolen? Answer: No, the strongbox was not stolen Back

Vocabulary: 100 • • Question: What is an urn? Answer: An old fashioned coffeemaker Back

Vocabulary: 200 • • Question: What does Grippe mean? Answer: Illness Back

Vocabulary: 300 • • Question: What does jaundiced mean? Answer: Effected by prejudice or yellowed in skin Back

Vocabulary: 400 • • Question: What does abhorred mean? Answer: hated Back

Vocabulary: 500 • • Question: What does miasma mean? Answer: A dangerous influence Back

Misc. 100 • • Question: What weapon hung over the fireplace? Answer: A sword Back

Misc. 200 • • Question: What is Matilda’s cat’s name? Answer: Silas Back

Misc. 300 • • Question: What was Grandfather’s parrot’s name? Answer: King George Back

Misc. 400 • Question: • How many potatoes did Matilda find in the garden? • Answer: • six Back

Misc. 500 • • Question: How many people died in the actual fever? Answer: around 4000 to 5000 Back

Final Jeopardy • Question: • What did Nell refer to her doll and her mother’s conditions as • Answer: • Broken Back