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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Isabel decided not to linger in the French camp?
(a) Because they did not have any friends there.
(b) Because she knew the French army did not have much money.
(c) Because she knew the French treated black people poorly.
(d) Because they did not speak French.

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

3. Why did the soldiers of Curzon's company think that Isabel and Ruth had been separated from Curzon?
(a) They knew that Isabel and Curzon had been fighting.
(b) They thought that Isabel and Ruth had been sick.
(c) They believed that Isabel and Ruth had been traveling with other women.
(d) They thought that Isabel and Ruth had gotten lost.

4. In Chapter XXXIV, why did Curzon take Isabel for a walk?
(a) Because he wanted to reconcile with her.
(b) Because he wanted to ask her about Aberdeen.
(c) Because he wanted to properly propose to her.
(d) Because his Sergeant told him to.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. Who told Isabel that she needed to chose a side in the war?
(a) Aberdeen.
(b) Both Curzon and Ebeneezer.
(c) Curzon.
(d) Both Curzon and Aberdeen.

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

11. What was a redoubt?
(a) A trench.
(b) A type of kettle.
(c) A type of weapon.
(d) A fort occupied by riflemen.

12. Why was Isabel excited to hear Ruth's story about racing crabs?
(a) Because she thought they could win money on racing crabs.
(b) Because Ruth did not usually talk to her.
(c) Because she thought it was an interesting story.
(d) Because she liked to eat crabs.

13. What did Curzon promise Isabel during their first real conversation after Isabel's arrival at the army camp?
(a) That he would help her find Aberdeen.
(b) That he would leave the army.
(c) That he would not leave her and Ruth alone again.
(d) That he would stay away from cannonballs while digging the trench.

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

15. Why could Aberdeen not convince Ruth to run away with him?
(a) She refused to leave without Isabel.
(b) She did not want to marry him.
(c) She was afraid of returning to the woods.
(d) She did not understand what he was asking of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Isabel not want to go inside the Bruton Parish Church?

2. Whose muddy boot prints did Isabel find inside the laundry?

3. Why did Widow Hallahan offer food to Isabel and Ruth?

4. What are lobsterbacks?

5. Where did Isabel find Aberdeen while working at the army camp?

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