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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Miss Marrow?
(a) A seamstress.
(b) A cook.
(c) A spy.
(d) A laundry worker.

2. How was Ruth finally convinced to travel with Isabel and Curzon away from Riverbend?
(a) Aberdeen agreed to go with them.
(b) She realized that this was her chance to escape Prentiss.
(c) Walter agreed to go with them.
(d) She realized that she belonged with her sister.

3. In Chapter XXIX, what did Ruth think that Isabel was planning to do to her?
(a) Send her to live with Aberdeen.
(b) Hurt her.
(c) Leave her alone in the woods.
(d) Send her back to Riverbend.

4. How were the soldiers by the milestone distracted from Isabel's movement in the woods?
(a) Patriots started shooting at them.
(b) They saw the snake.
(c) Curzon came down the road to talk to them.
(d) A squirrel caught their attention.

5. Why was Isabel excited to hear Ruth's story about racing crabs?
(a) Because she liked to eat crabs.
(b) Because she thought they could win money on racing crabs.
(c) Because she thought it was an interesting story.
(d) Because Ruth did not usually talk to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Curzon disturb the rattlesnake?

2. When Isabel and Ruth parted ways from Curzon and Aberdeen in Williamsburg, what did they look for?

3. What confused Isabel the morning that the army moved out of Williamsburg?

4. Why did Isabel call Widow Hallahan "snake-souled" (104) in Chapter XVIII?

5. Why did Serafina tell Ruth ghost stories?

(see the answer key)

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