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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Isabel suspicious of Aberdeen when she and Ruth spent their day off from the laundry with him?
(a) Because he kept wringing his hands.
(b) Because he had a lot of money.
(c) Because he was laughing nervously.
(d) Because he would not look her in the eyes.

2. Why did Isabel and Curzon decide to part ways in Williamburg?
(a) Because Curzon needed to go away to fight in the army.
(b) Because they disagreed about the Patriot cause.
(c) Because they disagreed about Ruth's future.
(d) Because Isabel loved Curzon but Curzon did not love Isabel.

3. 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 they were too young.
(c) Because she did not want her sister to marry a spy.
(d) Because no one should marry in the midst of a war.

4. Why did Widow Hallahan offer food to Isabel and Ruth?
(a) She was a kind woman who wanted to thank them for their hard work.
(b) She wanted to make sure they stayed at the laundry so Mister Hallahan could return them to slavery.
(c) She had too much extra food and she did not want it to go to waste.
(d) She had poisoned the food to help Mister Hallahan with his plan.

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

6. What was Aberdeen's real job in Williamsburg?
(a) Working as a soldier.
(b) Spying for the British.
(c) Spying for the Patriots.
(d) Working at a butcher's shop.

7. According to a soldier named Henry, what was the army's strategy for attacking Yorktown?
(a) Send an ambush of sharp-shooters.
(b) Dig trenches and attack it with cannons.
(c) Attack in the dead of night.
(d) Send French troops in on one side and Continental troops in on the other side.

8. What confused Isabel the morning that the army moved out of Williamsburg?
(a) Mister Hallahan was at the laundry.
(b) Kate and Elspeth came earlier than usual.
(c) Aberdeen did not come to pick up Ruth.
(d) Neither Widow Hallahan, nor Kate, nor Elspeth were at the laundry.

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

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

11. When Isabel and Ruth initially arrived at Curzon's camp, who did some soldiers think that Isabel was?
(a) Ebeneezer's wife.
(b) Curzon's wife.
(c) Curzon's sister.
(d) A famous general's wife.

12. What kind of condition was Aberdeen in when Ruth unknowingly led Isabel to him?
(a) He was starting to doubt the British cause.
(b) He seemed weak and frightened.
(c) He seemed strong and confident.
(d) He was hungry and his clothes were torn.

13. Who were the "camp followers"?
(a) Runaway slaves who looked to work for the army.
(b) Thieves who hoped to steal from the army.
(c) Spies who followed the army.
(d) Wives of soldiers who cooked and cleaned for the army.

14. Which of the following did Isabel like about working in the tavern?
(a) Shucking oysters.
(b) Gossiping with Miss Marrow.
(c) Getting more food to eat.
(d) Being away from Ruth.

15. 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) Isabel overheard Mister Hallahan talking with Widow Hallahan about burning the papers.
(c) Ruth told Isabel that Mister Hallahan had done it.
(d) The muddy boot prints matched his boots exactly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ruth say were moles?

2. How did Isabel learn that Curzon was lying when he said he had been hired as a blacksmith?

3. What job did Ruth do much better at than Isabel thought she would when working for the army?

4. What was a redoubt?

5. How did Isabel convince Ruth to leave the laundry?

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