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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Isabel get the scar on her cheek?
(a) It was a punishment for fighting her owner when Ruth was sold.
(b) She accidentally burned herself.
(c) She fell on an axe and cut herself.
(d) It was a punishment for trying to run away.

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

3. How did Isabel respond when Serafina asked her if she loved Curzon?
(a) She did not answer the question, but said that they argue often.
(b) She said no.
(c) She said she was not sure.
(d) She said yes.

4. In Chapter I, why did Isabel want to move closer to the milestone?
(a) To steal the soldiers' food.
(b) To find a safe place to rest.
(c) To get information to find her sister.
(d) To attack the soldiers.

5. In the beginning of the novel, where did Isabel think her sister Ruth was?
(a) In Yorktown.
(b) In Riverbend.
(c) In Charleston.
(d) In Rhode Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ruth react to Isabel when Isabel first greeted her after many years apart?

2. When Ruth learned that Isabel and Curzon intended to take her to Rhode Island, why did she refuse to go?

3. What was the first kind thing that Serafina and Walter did for Isabel and Curzon?

4. What did Isabel find suspicious when they first arrived in Riverbend?

5. How did Isabel kill the rattlesnake?

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