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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Isabel call Widow Hallahan "snake-souled" (104) in Chapter XVIII?
(a) Because she cursed at them and called them names.
(b) Because she lied to them about how much food they would get.
(c) Because she lied to them about how much work they would have to do.
(d) Because she treated Isabel and Ruth worse than she treated her white workers.

2. Why did Serafina have Ruth and Aberdeen hide in the hayloft with Isabel and Curzon?
(a) Because she did not want them to be beaten.
(b) Because she wanted them to have a rest from difficult labor.
(c) Because she wanted them to protect Isabel.
(d) Because she wanted Prentiss to think they had already escaped.

3. When Ruth learned that Isabel and Curzon intended to take her to Rhode Island, why did she refuse to go?
(a) Because she thought that Walter and Serafina need her.
(b) Because Rhode Island was too far away.
(c) Because she hated Isabel.
(d) Because she loved Aberdeen.

4. What did Widow Hallahan offer Isabel in exchange for her work?
(a) Two meals a day and a place to sleep.
(b) Three meals a day and a room for Isabel and Ruth.
(c) Two meals a day and new clothes.
(d) Three meals a day.

5. When Ruth fell ill with a fever, who did Isabel blame?
(a) Aberdeen.
(b) Herself.
(c) Curzon.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Isabel respond when Serafina asked her if she loved Curzon?

2. Why did Serafina not want Isabel chopping wood?

3. What did Aberdeen and Curzon argue about as they traveled?

4. What new information did Isabel learn about her former mistress, Madam Lockton?

5. What was the first kind thing that Serafina and Walter did for Isabel and Curzon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Isabel and Ruth get jobs at the laundry?

2. Why did Isabel and Curzon need to hide from the British soldiers?

3. How did Anderson illustrate Ruth’s love of animals throughout their time at Riverbend?

4. What did Isabel believe was the worst thing that slave owners did to slaves?

5. What clues led Isabel to believe that Aberdeen was lying about his butcher shop job?

6. What did Curzon mean when he said, "Lazarus is a lass" (81)?

7. Why did Isabel say to Curzon, “I know better than you what the pain of fire can do a person” (66)?

8. Isabel used a simile to describe her feelings when rejected by Ruth. What did she compare herself to?

9. Why did Isabel think that Curzon should not go searching for food for Ruth?

10. After Ruth had a fit, in what ways did it become obvious to her companions that she was very sick?

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