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

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 none of the blacksmiths in Williamsburg knew him.
(c) Because Curzon told her.
(d) Because Aberdeen told her.

2. When did General Washington decide it was time to fight?
(a) September 27, 1781.
(b) August 23, 1781.
(c) September 9, 1781.
(d) October 19, 1781.

3. What did Aberdeen say he was going to do after the war was over?
(a) Go to Jamacia.
(b) Go to Scotland.
(c) Start a family.
(d) Help free more slaves.

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

5. What was the nickname Curzon earned for his bravery while digging the trenches?
(a) Lord Shellhawk.
(b) King Shellhawk.
(c) Curzon the Unstoppable.
(d) Sir Curzon.

6. Why was Ruth afraid of the woods?
(a) She was afraid of ghosts.
(b) She was afraid of bears.
(c) She was afraid they would get lost.
(d) She was afraid they would get kidnapped.

7. Who was Isabel's "old friend" (175) at the Continental camp that she hoped would help them?
(a) Ebeneezer.
(b) Walter.
(c) Curzon.
(d) Aberdeen.

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

9. Who were the characters referring to when they talked about "His Excellency" (124)?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Ebeneezer Woodruff.
(c) Lord Cornwallis.
(d) King George.

10. Who was Miss Marrow?
(a) A cook.
(b) A seamstress.
(c) A spy.
(d) A laundry worker.

11. While in WIlliamsburg, where did Isabel learn news of the war?
(a) From newspapers and in the laundry.
(b) From Miss Marrow and Mister Hallahan.
(c) From newspapers and in the tavern.
(d) From Ruth and in the tavern.

12. 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.

13. How had the people who Ruth and Isabel found in the woods died?
(a) From smallpox.
(b) From knife wounds.
(c) From gunshot wounds.
(d) From a fever.

14. Why did Curzon sign Isabel up as his wife when he enlisted in the army?
(a) Because he wanted to show her that the Continental army treated black people well.
(b) Because he thought it would help keep her safe.
(c) Because he loved her and could not bear the thought of separating for her.
(d) He signed her up on accident.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter XXIX, what did Ruth think that Isabel was planning to do to her?

3. Why did Isabel tell Ruth that she had ruined everything?

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

5. What did Isabel find missing from her haversack?

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