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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why could Aberdeen not convince Ruth to run away with him?
(a) She was afraid of returning to the woods.
(b) She did not want to marry him.
(c) She did not understand what he was asking of her.
(d) She refused to leave without Isabel.

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

4. What confused Isabel the morning that the army moved out of Williamsburg?
(a) Kate and Elspeth came earlier than usual.
(b) Neither Widow Hallahan, nor Kate, nor Elspeth were at the laundry.
(c) Mister Hallahan was at the laundry.
(d) Aberdeen did not come to pick up Ruth.

5. What weapon did Isabel bring to defend herself and Ruth when leaving Williamburg?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A knife.
(c) Washing bats.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a redoubt?

2. Who was Sibby?

3. In Chapter XXXIV, why did Curzon take Isabel for a walk?

4. Why did Curzon support the Patriot cause?

5. When did General Washington decide it was time to fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mister Hallahan not pay Isabel for her work in the tavern?

2. Why was the British soldier in the woods deserting his army?

3. What was Curzon's manner like when he encountered Isabel and Ruth at his company's camp?

4. Why did Isabel decide that she and Ruth could not travel with the women of the army?

5. Why did Isabel believe it was foolish for Curzon to support the Patriots?

6. Why did Isabel think digging the trench was a bad idea?

7. What kind of person was Miss Marrow?

8. What did Isabel do in preparation to leave the laundry in Williamsburg?

9. What did Isabel mean when she said, "I am my own army" (126)?

10. Why did Isabel say that her purpose was to find Ruth some gingerbread?

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