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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is a "confab"?
(a) A military maneuver.
(b) A weapon.
(c) An article of clothing.
(d) A conversation.

3. Who was Sibby?
(a) A spy who Isabel met at the army camp.
(b) A rude woman who also worked for the army.
(c) A horse that Ruth befriended at the army camp.
(d) A kind woman who also worked for the army.

4. How did Isabel calm Ruth in the woods?
(a) By telling her they could camp somewhere else.
(b) By telling Ruth that she knew where Aberdeen was.
(c) By telling Ruth stories.
(d) By apologizing.

5. Where were Kate and Elspeth from?
(a) Europe.
(b) Asia.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.

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

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

8. How did Curzon know Ebeneezer Woodruff?
(a) They had worked on a plantation together.
(b) They had fought together years before.
(c) Ebeneezer was Curzon's former master.
(d) They worked together as blacksmiths.

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

10. In Chapter XXVII, why did Isabel decide it was best to find the British army?
(a) Because they paid better.
(b) So they could be spies.
(c) To find Aberdeen.
(d) Because they were less likely to sell her and Ruth back into slavery.

11. What was the occasion for the big officer's dinner that Mister Hallahan's tavern was hosting?
(a) George Washington and many more troops had arrived.
(b) King George had arrived from England.
(c) An important French general had arrived.
(d) The troops in WIlliamsburg had won a major battle.

12. What job did Ruth do much better at than Isabel thought she would when working for the army?
(a) Cooking beef.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Washing clothes.
(d) Fetching water.

13. 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.

14. How did Isabel convince Ruth to leave the laundry?
(a) Isabel told Ruth that they were going to meet Walter and Serafina.
(b) Isabel told Ruth that they were going to get mutton pie and cider.
(c) Isabel told Ruth that Thomas Boon had run away and they needed to find him.
(d) Isabel told Ruth that bad men like Prentiss were coming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of condition was Aberdeen in when Ruth unknowingly led Isabel to him?

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

3. Why could Aberdeen not convince Ruth to run away with him?

4. What are lobsterbacks?

5. Why did Isabel decided not to linger in the French camp?

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