1.) Fear meaning to expect or worry about something. Three fears Mattie is going through is embarrassing herself in front of Nathaniel, another fear that Mattie has is that she will end up in an orphanage washing clothes, and finally her biggest fear is that her mother died during the fever epidemic. Perseverance meaning the quality that allows someone to continue trying to do something even though it is difficult.
2.) The setting in chapter 27 is a chilly, frosty day the beginning of winter, fresh in the morning and warm in the afternoon. The setting in the beginning of chapter 27 effects the characters and especially Mattie because Mattie is less rude and tries to look at the brighter things in life she is also more thankful of having
