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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. What did Aberdeen suggest that Isabel should do while Ruth was ill and sleeping?
(a) Talk to her about her past.
(b) Sing to her.
(c) Talk to her about her plans for the future.
(d) Find healing plants in the woods.

2. What did Ruth take with her from Riverbend?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A book.
(c) A toy.
(d) A map.

3. Why did Isabel think that Curzon should not leave their camp when Ruth was sick?
(a) Because she needed him there to help with Ruth.
(b) Because she thought he might not find them again.
(c) Because she did not want him to spend their money.
(d) Because she was afraid he would be captured.

4. What was the hardest difficulty for Isabel to deal with during the weeks after leaving Riverbend?
(a) The mosquitos.
(b) The heat.
(c) Ruth's rejection.
(d) The fear of being caught.

5. In the beginning of the novel, where did Isabel think her sister Ruth was?
(a) In Rhode Island.
(b) In Charleston.
(c) In Riverbend.
(d) In Yorktown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chronic disease did Ruth have?

2. How did Curzon disturb the rattlesnake?

3. In what way was Ruth different from other children?

4. Why were Serafina and Walter not trying to escape?

5. Why was Isabel nervous upon arriving at Willamsburg?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Isabel arrived at Riverbend, what had changed about Ruth since the last time she saw her?

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

4. Why did Isabel and Curzon head to Riverbend instead of Charleston to look for Ruth?

5. Why did Aberdeen know Ruth better than Isabel did?

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

7. Why did Isabel want people who saw her and Ruth wandering around town to think they were slaves?

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

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

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

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