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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Isabel nervous upon arriving at Willamsburg?
(a) She was not used to being around strangers.
(b) She did not believe that they could find work there.
(c) She was afraid that Ruth would become sick again.
(d) She was afraid that the Locktons were there.

2. When did General Washington decide it was time to fight?
(a) September 27, 1781.
(b) October 19, 1781.
(c) August 23, 1781.
(d) September 9, 1781.

3. Why did Walter and Serafina have no family at Riverbend?
(a) They never had children.
(b) Their children had died, and their grandchildren had been sold to other plantations.
(c) All of their family members had died.
(d) All of their family members had been sold to other plantations.

4. How did Aberdeen feel about Ruth?
(a) He was angry at her.
(b) He thought she was foolish.
(c) He loved her.
(d) He was jealous that she had a family.

5. Who did Ruth think they were looking for in the crowd of soldiers in Chapter XXVII?
(a) Curzon.
(b) Kate and Elspeth.
(c) Ebeneezer.
(d) Aberdeen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Serafina have Ruth and Aberdeen hide in the hayloft with Isabel and Curzon?

2. What was the occasion for the big officer's dinner that Mister Hallahan's tavern was hosting?

3. Who was Thomas Boon?

4. How did Isabel learn that Curzon was lying when he said he had been hired as a blacksmith?

5. How did Isabel feel when she realized that Walter and Serafina had become like family to Ruth?

(see the answer key)

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