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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Isabel learn that Curzon was lying when he said he had been hired as a blacksmith?
(a) Because she caught him working somewhere else.
(b) Because Aberdeen told her.
(c) Because Curzon told her.
(d) Because none of the blacksmiths in Williamsburg knew him.

2. What did Walter and Serafina call Ruth?
(a) Their darling.
(b) Their pride and joy.
(c) Their sunshine.
(d) Their sweet girl.

3. Why did Serafina not want Isabel chopping wood?
(a) She thought Isabel did not look strong enough.
(b) She was afraid that Isabel would run away.
(c) She thought it was a man's job.
(d) She saw that Isabel was having a hard time focusing.

4. What led Isabel to believe that Mister Hallahan had destroyed their free papers?
(a) He often had ink on his hands, and there had been ink stains on the scraps of their free papers.
(b) The muddy boot prints matched his boots exactly.
(c) Ruth told Isabel that Mister Hallahan had done it.
(d) Isabel overheard Mister Hallahan talking with Widow Hallahan about burning the papers.

5. Who were Kate and Elspeth?
(a) Women who worked at the hospital.
(b) Elderly women who Widow Hallahan liked to gossip with.
(c) Other black girls who worked at the laundry.
(d) The white girls who worked at the laundry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Isabel tell Serafina she planned on taking Ruth?

2. Why was Isabel suspicious of Aberdeen when she and Ruth spent their day off from the laundry with him?

3. Who was Sibby?

4. Why did Curzon sign Isabel up as his wife when he enlisted in the army?

5. Why did Isabel hope that the battle in Williamsburg would be postponed?

(see the answer key)

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