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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ruth initially refuse to flee the laundry?
(a) She not want to leave Thomas Boon.
(b) She liked working at the laundry.
(c) She was mad at Isabel for yelling at her.
(d) She did not want to leave Aberdeen.

2. What did Isabel do to help Ruth recover from her fever?
(a) Applied cold rags to Ruth's foot.
(b) Applied hot wet rags to Ruth's foot.
(c) Gave her medicine.
(d) Bathed her.

3. When Ruth learned that Isabel and Curzon intended to take her to Rhode Island, why did she refuse to go?
(a) Because Rhode Island was too far away.
(b) Because she thought that Walter and Serafina need her.
(c) Because she loved Aberdeen.
(d) Because she hated Isabel.

4. Why did Serafina tell Ruth ghost stories?
(a) Because she was upset with her.
(b) To pass the time.
(c) To entertain her.
(d) To prevent her from running away.

5. Who did the woman at the hospital think that Ruth and Isabel were?
(a) Workers there to pick up dirty laundry.
(b) Runaway slaves.
(c) Wives of soldiers.
(d) Beggars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Curzon know Ebeneezer Woodruff?

2. Whose muddy boot prints did Isabel find inside the laundry?

3. What did Curzon promise Isabel during their first real conversation after Isabel's arrival at the army camp?

4. Curzon left his fellow travelers when Ruth was sick; when he returned, what did he bring with him?

5. How did Isabel kill the rattlesnake?

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