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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. 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.

2. In Chapter XXIX, what did Ruth think that Isabel was planning to do to her?
(a) Leave her alone in the woods.
(b) Send her back to Riverbend.
(c) Hurt her.
(d) Send her to live with Aberdeen.

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

4. Why did Ebeneezer initially tell Isabel that he could not hire her and Ruth to work for his company?
(a) Because he did not think they could handle the difficult work.
(b) Because he knew it would anger Curzon.
(c) Because women were not allowed to work for the company.
(d) Because his captain would not allow him to hire additional women.

5. How did Isabel and Ruth bury the bodies they found in the woods?
(a) Underground.
(b) With leaves.
(c) In a swamp.
(d) They did not have time to bury them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When General Washington arrived, how many soldiers were in Williamsburg?

2. Who was Isabel's "old friend" (175) at the Continental camp that she hoped would help them?

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

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

5. What did Isabel find missing from her haversack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ruth's worry about Aberdeen increase as time went on?

2. Why was Isabel angered when she heard the minister's sermon at Bruton Parish Church?

3. Why was the British soldier in the woods deserting his army?

4. How did Isabel's narration during her fake kiss with Curzon indicate that she may have had romantic feelings towards him?

5. Why did Mister Hallahan not pay Isabel for her work in the tavern?

6. What did Isabel do in preparation to leave the laundry in Williamsburg?

7. Why did Isabel think that Ruth burned the free papers?

8. What did Isabel mean when she said, "I am my own army" (126)?

9. What did Isabel mean when she said, "We had been forced back into war for our liberty" (151)?

10. Why did Isabel think digging the trench was a bad idea?

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