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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters VII - X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel vow when she sees Ruth crying?
(a) To give Ruth half of her food.
(b) To find a way to get Ruth medicine.
(c) To get her away from the Locktons.
(d) To try to sneak in at night and be with Ruth.

2. How does Mrs. Lockton amuse her friends?
(a) By playing the harpsichord for them.
(b) By singing for them.
(c) By having the twin slave boys do a tumbling act.
(d) By making Ruth dance like a monkey.

3. Where does Madam Lockton send Isabel?
(a) To the bakery.
(b) To the water hole.
(c) To a solicitor's office.
(d) To fetch her father.

4. About what do Lockton's guests speak openly?
(a) The various illegal financial activities in which they engage.
(b) Their Loyalists ties.
(c) Their getting slaves illegally.
(d) Their desire for independence from England.

5. What happens when the boat holding Isabel and Ruth docks in New York?
(a) The Locktons set Isabel and Ruth free.
(b) The Locktons come under suspicion.
(c) Isabel and Ruth are forgotten about.
(d) Isabel and Ruth are sold again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Curzon promise Isabel?

2. Who pleads for the girls' welfare?

3. Where is the opening of the novel set?

4. What does Madam Lockton plan to use as her personal entertainment in her house?

5. Where does Isabel go after she talks with Curzon?

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