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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Isabel tell Serafina she planned on taking Ruth?
(a) To the islands.
(b) To Rhode Island.
(c) To Charleston.
(d) To Yorktown.

2. Which of the following was NOT part of the group of people Isabel and Curzon spotted from the tree at Riverbend?
(a) An old man.
(b) A baby girl.
(c) A young man.
(d) An old woman.

3. Why did Serafina have Ruth and Aberdeen hide in the hayloft with Isabel and Curzon?
(a) Because she did not want them to be beaten.
(b) Because she wanted them to protect Isabel.
(c) Because she wanted Prentiss to think they had already escaped.
(d) Because she wanted them to have a rest from difficult labor.

4. Why did Isabel not trust the Patriot army?
(a) Because she supported the British cause.
(b) Because it once gave Curzon back to his former owner.
(c) Because she did not support violence.
(d) Because the Locktons favored the Patriots.

5. Why did Walter speak loudly to the horses?
(a) Because he wanted to scare Prentiss.
(b) Because he wanted to share information with the young runaways without Prentiss realizing.
(c) Because he loved animals.
(d) Because the horses were old and deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Isabel and Curzon been traveling together as the book opens?

2. How were the soldiers by the milestone distracted from Isabel's movement in the woods?

3. Who was Widow Hallahan?

4. How did Isabel kill the rattlesnake?

5. Why did Serafina tell Ruth ghost stories?

(see the answer key)

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