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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Isabel tell Ruth that she had ruined everything?
(a) Because she thought Ruth disturbed the seeds she had been saving.
(b) Because she thought Ruth burned their free papers.
(c) Because she thought Ruth let someone in who burned their free papers.
(d) Because Ruth ran away and Isabel had been worried.

2. In WIlliamsburg, who was Ruth friendly with?
(a) Everyone but Isabel.
(b) Only the animals.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Only people she knew well.

3. What did Curzon and Isabel do when the other soldiers encouraged them to kiss?
(a) Kissed.
(b) Pretended to kiss behind Isabel's shawl.
(c) Held hands.
(d) Ignored them.

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

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

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

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

8. When General Washington arrived, how many soldiers were in Williamsburg?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Millions.

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

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

11. How did Isabel learn that Curzon was lying when he said he had been hired as a blacksmith?
(a) Because Aberdeen told her.
(b) Because she caught him working somewhere else.
(c) Because Curzon told her.
(d) Because none of the blacksmiths in Williamsburg knew him.

12. 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.

13. What are lobsterbacks?
(a) A type of food.
(b) A kind of coat.
(c) British soldiers.
(d) A type of bullet.

14. Where did Isabel find Aberdeen while working at the army camp?
(a) Hiding in a bush.
(b) In Yorktown.
(c) Working at a butcher's shop.
(d) In the horse corrals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the soldiers of Curzon's company think that Isabel and Ruth had been separated from Curzon?

2. What did Curzon promise Isabel during their first real conversation after Isabel's arrival at the army camp?

3. How many soldiers did Isabel and Ruth have to care for in Curzon's company?

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

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

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