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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) In Yorktown.
(b) Hiding in a bush.
(c) In the horse corrals.
(d) Working at a butcher's shop.

2. How did Curzon know Ebeneezer Woodruff?
(a) They had worked on a plantation together.
(b) They worked together as blacksmiths.
(c) Ebeneezer was Curzon's former master.
(d) They had fought together years before.

3. Where were Kate and Elspeth from?
(a) Asia.
(b) Australia.
(c) Africa.
(d) Europe.

4. Who was Miss Marrow?
(a) A spy.
(b) A cook.
(c) A laundry worker.
(d) A seamstress.

5. Why did Ruth initially refuse to flee the laundry?
(a) She did not want to leave Aberdeen.
(b) She not want to leave Thomas Boon.
(c) She liked working at the laundry.
(d) She was mad at Isabel for yelling at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ebeneezer initially tell Isabel that he could not hire her and Ruth to work for his company?

2. What did Isabel find missing from her haversack?

3. Why could Aberdeen not convince Ruth to run away with him?

4. Who did Ruth think they were looking for in the crowd of soldiers in Chapter XXVII?

5. Why was Ruth afraid of the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Ebeneezer angry with Curzon?

2. Why did Isabel tell Widow Hallahan that Ruth had been shoveling donkey dung?

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

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

5. Why were many of the men in Curzon's company from Rhode Island?

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

7. How did Missus Serafina's advice help Isabel mend her relationship with Ruth?

8. What was Curzon's manner like when he encountered Isabel and Ruth at his company's camp?

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

10. Why did Isabel say that her purpose was to find Ruth some gingerbread?

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