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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Ruth do when she was nervous?
(a) Talked to herself.
(b) Paced in circles.
(c) Bit her fingernails.
(d) Wrapped her arms around herself and rocked back and forth.

2. Why did Ebeneezer initially tell Isabel that he could not hire her and Ruth to work for his company?
(a) Because women were not allowed to work for the company.
(b) Because his captain would not allow him to hire additional women.
(c) Because he did not think they could handle the difficult work.
(d) Because he knew it would anger Curzon.

3. Why did Ruth slap Isabel?
(a) Because she realized that Isabel had lied to her about finding Aberdeen.
(b) Because Isabel called her stupid.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Because she thought the place that Isabel had chosen to camp was haunted.

4. How did Ruth greet the French soldier she recognized?
(a) She greeted him by name.
(b) She attempted to say hello to him in French.
(c) She waved at him silently.
(d) She said "Hello!"

5. What did Isabel find missing from her haversack?
(a) Her and Ruth's free papers.
(b) Ruth's doll.
(c) Her seeds.
(d) Her knife.

6. What weapon did Isabel bring to defend herself and Ruth when leaving Williamburg?
(a) Washing bats.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

7. Which of these jobs at the laundry belonged to Isabel?
(a) Making deliveries.
(b) Mending clothes.
(c) Chopping firewood.
(d) Ironing clothes.

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

9. Why did Isabel think it was a bad idea for Aberdeen and Ruth to marry?
(a) Because she did not trust Aberdeen to care for her sister.
(b) Because she did not want her sister to marry a spy.
(c) Because they were too young.
(d) Because no one should marry in the midst of a war.

10. Why was Isabel starting to favor the Patriot cause while working at the army camp?
(a) Because she knew there were some good-hearted people on the Patriot side.
(b) Because she had seen British officers treat black people badly.
(c) Because she had decided she would believe whatever Curzon told her to.
(d) Because she realized that the Patriots really were fighting for freedom for all.

11. Why did Isabel decided not to linger in the French camp?
(a) Because they did not have any friends there.
(b) Because they did not speak French.
(c) Because she knew the French treated black people poorly.
(d) Because she knew the French army did not have much money.

12. Whose muddy boot prints did Isabel find inside the laundry?
(a) Ruth's.
(b) Widow Hallahan's.
(c) A man's.
(d) Kate and Elspeth's.

13. What did the British deserter in the woods say that he had been ordered to do?
(a) Bury dead fugitive slaves.
(b) Shoot fugitive slaves.
(c) Force out sick fugitive slaves.
(d) Spy on the Continentals.

14. Why did Ruth learn all of the army companies' flags?
(a) Because she was bored.
(b) Because she liked the animals printed on them.
(c) Because she thought it would impress Aberdeen.
(d) So she knew where to deliver the laundry.

15. Why did the soldiers of Curzon's company think that Isabel and Ruth had been separated from Curzon?
(a) They thought that Isabel and Ruth had been sick.
(b) They knew that Isabel and Curzon had been fighting.
(c) They believed that Isabel and Ruth had been traveling with other women.
(d) They thought that Isabel and Ruth had gotten lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. When General Washington arrived, how many soldiers were in Williamsburg?

2. Why did Widow Hallahan offer food to Isabel and Ruth?

3. Why did Widow Hallahan choose Isabel to work in the tavern?

4. In Chapter XXXIV, why did Curzon take Isabel for a walk?

5. Why did Ruth initially refuse to flee the laundry?

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