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Questions:
Chapter 20
• How has the fever effected the population of Philadelphia?
• How does the shutting down of the newspapers effect society (p. 157)?
• How has Philadelphia changed since the start of the story?
• Why does the little girl say, “Mama’s broken too?” What do you predict Mattie will do with the little girl?
Chapter 21
• On page 21, there is a quote from Richard Allen and Absalom Jones: “…at other places we found a parent dead, and none but little innocent babes to be seen, whose ignorance led them to think their parent was asleep…” What information regarding the effect of the fever on society can we glean from this?
• What is the Free African Society? What information is the reader given about them in this chapter?
• How has the fever effected the population of Philadelphia?
• How does the shutting down of the newspapers effect society (p. 157)?
• How has Philadelphia changed since the start of the story?
• Why does the little girl say, “Mama’s broken too?” What do you predict Mattie will do with the little girl?
Chapter 21
• On page 21, there is a quote from Richard Allen and Absalom Jones: “…at other places we found a parent dead, and none but little innocent babes to be seen, whose ignorance led them to think their parent was asleep…” What information regarding the effect of the fever on society can we glean from this?
• What is the Free African Society? What information is the reader given about them in this chapter?