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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isabel, Curzon, Aberdeen and Ruth met some soldiers a few days after Ruth recovered from her illness. What did the soldiers want?
(a) Their cart and donkey.
(b) To capture them as slaves.
(c) Their food.
(d) Their money.

2. Why did Isabel not want to go inside the Bruton Parish Church?
(a) She felt guilty for not going to church in a long while.
(b) She feared that she would encounter Curzon.
(c) There was no room.
(d) She knew it was segregated and they would have to sit upstairs.

3. 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 Ruth did not usually talk to her.
(d) Because she thought it was an interesting story.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Isabel that she needed to chose a side in the war?

2. How did Curzon know Ebeneezer Woodruff?

3. Why was Isabel nervous upon arriving at Willamsburg?

4. What did Ruth take with her from Riverbend?

5. According to a soldier named Henry, what was the army's strategy for attacking Yorktown?

(see the answer key)

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