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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of condition was Aberdeen in when Ruth unknowingly led Isabel to him?
(a) He was hungry and his clothes were torn.
(b) He was starting to doubt the British cause.
(c) He seemed strong and confident.
(d) He seemed weak and frightened.

2. Who were the "camp followers"?
(a) Thieves who hoped to steal from the army.
(b) Wives of soldiers who cooked and cleaned for the army.
(c) Runaway slaves who looked to work for the army.
(d) Spies who followed the army.

3. Whose muddy boot prints did Isabel find inside the laundry?
(a) A man's.
(b) Kate and Elspeth's.
(c) Widow Hallahan's.
(d) Ruth's.

4. How did Isabel and Ruth bury the bodies they found in the woods?
(a) In a swamp.
(b) They did not have time to bury them.
(c) Underground.
(d) With leaves.

5. What did Aberdeen say he was going to do after the war was over?
(a) Start a family.
(b) Help free more slaves.
(c) Go to Jamacia.
(d) Go to Scotland.

6. What was Aberdeen's real job in Williamsburg?
(a) Spying for the Patriots.
(b) Spying for the British.
(c) Working at a butcher's shop.
(d) Working as a soldier.

7. Who did Ruth say were moles?
(a) The British soldiers.
(b) The Continental soldiers.
(c) The camp followers.
(d) Spies.

8. How did Isabel calm Ruth in the woods?
(a) By telling Ruth stories.
(b) By telling her they could camp somewhere else.
(c) By telling Ruth that she knew where Aberdeen was.
(d) By apologizing.

9. Why did Ruth learn all of the army companies' flags?
(a) So she knew where to deliver the laundry.
(b) Because she was bored.
(c) Because she thought it would impress Aberdeen.
(d) Because she liked the animals printed on them.

10. Why did Isabel tell Ruth that she had ruined everything?
(a) Because she thought Ruth burned their free papers.
(b) Because Ruth ran away and Isabel had been worried.
(c) Because she thought Ruth disturbed the seeds she had been saving.
(d) Because she thought Ruth let someone in who burned their free papers.

11. Why did Isabel think it was a bad idea for Aberdeen and Ruth to marry?
(a) Because they were too young.
(b) Because she did not want her sister to marry a spy.
(c) Because no one should marry in the midst of a war.
(d) Because she did not trust Aberdeen to care for her sister.

12. Who were the characters referring to when they talked about "His Excellency" (124)?
(a) Lord Cornwallis.
(b) Ebeneezer Woodruff.
(c) King George.
(d) George Washington.

13. In Chapter XXXIV, why did Curzon take Isabel for a walk?
(a) Because he wanted to properly propose to her.
(b) Because he wanted to ask her about Aberdeen.
(c) Because he wanted to reconcile with her.
(d) Because his Sergeant told him to.

14. Which of these jobs at the laundry belonged to Isabel?
(a) Mending clothes.
(b) Making deliveries.
(c) Ironing clothes.
(d) Chopping firewood.

15. Who was Isabel's "old friend" (175) at the Continental camp that she hoped would help them?
(a) Ebeneezer.
(b) Walter.
(c) Aberdeen.
(d) Curzon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname Curzon earned for his bravery while digging the trenches?

2. When Isabel and Ruth initially arrived at Curzon's camp, who did some soldiers think that Isabel was?

3. In WIlliamsburg, who was Ruth friendly with?

4. What led Isabel to believe that Mister Hallahan had destroyed their free papers?

5. What was a redoubt?

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