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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a "confab"?
(a) A conversation.
(b) A military maneuver.
(c) An article of clothing.
(d) A weapon.
2. In Chapter XXIX, what did Ruth think that Isabel was planning to do to her?
(a) Send her to live with Aberdeen.
(b) Leave her alone in the woods.
(c) Send her back to Riverbend.
(d) Hurt her.
3. What confused Isabel the morning that the army moved out of Williamsburg?
(a) Mister Hallahan was at the laundry.
(b) Neither Widow Hallahan, nor Kate, nor Elspeth were at the laundry.
(c) Kate and Elspeth came earlier than usual.
(d) Aberdeen did not come to pick up Ruth.
4. Why did Isabel think it was a bad idea for Aberdeen and Ruth to marry?
(a) Because no one should marry in the midst of a war.
(b) Because they were too young.
(c) Because she did not want her sister to marry a spy.
(d) Because she did not trust Aberdeen to care for her sister.
5. While in WIlliamsburg, where did Isabel learn news of the war?
(a) From newspapers and in the tavern.
(b) From Ruth and in the tavern.
(c) From Miss Marrow and Mister Hallahan.
(d) From newspapers and in the laundry.
6. 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 poisoned the food to help Mister Hallahan with his plan.
(d) She had too much extra food and she did not want it to go to waste.
7. In Chapter XXXIV, why did Curzon take Isabel for a walk?
(a) Because he wanted to reconcile with her.
(b) Because he wanted to properly propose to her.
(c) Because his Sergeant told him to.
(d) Because he wanted to ask her about Aberdeen.
8. How many soldiers did Isabel and Ruth have to care for in Curzon's company?
(a) 100.
(b) 20.
(c) 45.
(d) 60.
9. Who told Isabel that she needed to chose a side in the war?
(a) Curzon.
(b) Both Curzon and Aberdeen.
(c) Both Curzon and Ebeneezer.
(d) Aberdeen.
10. What did Isabel find missing from her haversack?
(a) Ruth's doll.
(b) Her seeds.
(c) Her knife.
(d) Her and Ruth's free papers.
11. Whose muddy boot prints did Isabel find inside the laundry?
(a) Kate and Elspeth's.
(b) Ruth's.
(c) Widow Hallahan's.
(d) A man's.
12. According to a soldier named Henry, what was the army's strategy for attacking Yorktown?
(a) Attack in the dead of night.
(b) Send French troops in on one side and Continental troops in on the other side.
(c) Dig trenches and attack it with cannons.
(d) Send an ambush of sharp-shooters.
13. Why did Ruth slap Isabel?
(a) Because Isabel called her stupid.
(b) Because she realized that Isabel had lied to her about finding Aberdeen.
(c) Because she thought the place that Isabel had chosen to camp was haunted.
(d) All answers are correct.
14. Where did Isabel find Aberdeen while working at the army camp?
(a) Working at a butcher's shop.
(b) In Yorktown.
(c) In the horse corrals.
(d) Hiding in a bush.
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) Ruth told Isabel that Mister Hallahan had done it.
(c) The muddy boot prints matched his boots exactly.
(d) Isabel overheard Mister Hallahan talking with Widow Hallahan about burning the papers.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the occasion for the big officer's dinner that Mister Hallahan's tavern was hosting?
2. What job did Ruth do much better at than Isabel thought she would when working for the army?
3. How did Isabel and Ruth bury the bodies they found in the woods?
4. What was Aberdeen's real job in Williamsburg?
5. When Isabel and Ruth initially arrived at Curzon's camp, who did some soldiers think that Isabel was?
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