What happened to Mattie at the end of Chapter 13 in Fever 1793?
She takes off her petticoat and fashions it into a net. With the unwieldy petticoat and King George fluttering above her head, though, she eventually crashes into the water. Not the best method for catching fish. Mattie returns to Grandfather fishless, but with water.
How does Matilda’s grandfather die in Fever 1793?
Grandfather intervenes and gets injured in a scuffle with one of the robbers. He dies with Matilda at his side. It’s all very, very sad, and Mattie, completely alone now, takes it pretty darn hard. After seeing her grandfather properly buried, Matilda wanders around the city of Philadelphia.
What does Mattie find broken at the end of Chapter 20?
Mattie wanders around the streets some more, and eventually decides that she has to get herself together. That’s when she sees a small whimpering child with a broken doll in an open doorway. The girl tells Mattie that her mother, like her doll, is also broken.
How did Matilda get the men to allow a prayer to be said before burying her grandfather?
Q. How does Matilda get the men to allow a prayer to be said before burying her grandfather? She pushes one of the men and grabs him by his shirt to threaten him. She begs and pleads and reminds them that they would have prayed if it were their family.
What happens to Matilda’s mom in Chapters 9 and 10?
Mother is, thankfully, not dead, so Grandfather and Mattie move her inside and put her in bed. Per doctor’s orders, Matilda has to bathe her mother every four hours and keep her cool and clean. Lucille remains in a feverish haze, shivering and moaning. That night Grandfather stays with Mr.
Who dies at the end of chapter 2 in Fever 1793?
Matilda’s father, a carpenter, built the coffeehouse in 1783 after the War for Independence. (Matilda was four.) Unfortunately, he fell off of a ladder and died of a broken neck only two months after the coffeehouse was completed.