Question 1

What do Matilda and her grandfather discover when they enter the coffeehouse for the first time upon their return?

Accepted Answer

It has been robbed.

Answer

The community spruced it up.

Answer

They burned it down.

Question 2

What is Matilda relieved to find hidden under a stair?

Accepted Answer

A strongbox where money was hidden.

Answer

The painting Nathaniel sent to her before she left.

Answer

Her cat, Silas.

Question 3

How often does Matilda usually bathe?

Accepted Answer

Once a month

Answer

Once a week

Answer

Once a year

Question 4

How does Matilda's grandfather feel about leaving the house to find food after they return?

Accepted Answer

He feels like the city is unsafe for them both and wants to rummage for food in the garden first.

Answer

He feels like the city is only safe for a man, and he won't let Matilda go.

Answer

He feels like the city is only for a healthy person like Matilda.

Question 5

What does Matilda plan to do at the end of each day?

Accepted Answer

Read the Bible

Answer

Make sure the house is clean

Answer

Take a bath

Question 6

How does Matilda help her grandfather the night they are being robbed?

Accepted Answer

She takes her grandfather's sword and stabs the robber.

Answer

She causes a commotion to distract the robber so her grandfather can get away.

Answer

She tells the robber where the money is hidden, and he stops hurting her grandfather.

Question 7

What are Matilda's grandfather's last words?

Accepted Answer

Love you

Answer

Keep fighting

Answer

Good work soldier

Question 8

Why is it fitting that Matilda's grandfather be buried in his nightshirt?

Accepted Answer

He always said death was the eternal sleep, so he should be buried in his nightshirt.

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He died in the middle of the night, so it seemed right to let him be buried in what he was wearing.

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He was most comfortable in his nightshirt, so he should be buried in it to really rest in peace.

Question 9

What item does Matilda bury with her grandfather?

Accepted Answer

A portrait of her grandmother

Answer

The sword he used while in the army.

Answer

A Bible

Question 10

How does Matilda get the men to allow a prayer to be said before burying her grandfather?

Accepted Answer

She pushes one of the men and grabs him by his shirt to threaten him.

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She begs and pleads and reminds them that they would have prayed if it were their family.

Answer

She offers them a few potatoes from the garden so they will have something to eat.

Question 11

What does Matilda find when she goes to the market for food?

Accepted Answer

There is no food anywhere, only rats picking at scraps.

Answer

Some of the farmers have ventured back, but the prices are too much for her to afford.

Answer

The market has been turned into a hospital, and fever victims are everywhere.

Question 12

Why does Matilda go to the newspaper printer?

Accepted Answer

To place an ad to try and find her mother.

Answer

To place an obituary in for her grandfather.

Answer

To see if she can work there.

Question 13

Who is Nell?

Accepted Answer

A little girl Matilda finds crying next to her dead mother.

Answer

A poor woman who has just lost three of her children to the fever.

Answer

A woman sick with fever who reminds Matilda of her mother.

Question 14

Why is Matilda searching for Reverend Allen's group?

Accepted Answer

She is told they can help her find someone to care for Nell.

Answer

She thinks that maybe they can officially bless her grandfather's grave.

Answer

She thinks they will take her in and care for her now that she is alone.

Question 15

With whom does Matilda reunite?

Accepted Answer

Eliza

Answer

Nathaniel

Answer

Her mother

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