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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. Which of the following did Isabel like about working in the tavern?
(a) Getting more food to eat.
(b) Being away from Ruth.
(c) Gossiping with Miss Marrow.
(d) Shucking oysters.

2. 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 treated black people poorly.
(c) Because she knew the French army did not have much money.
(d) Because they did not speak French.

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

4. Why did Isabel not want to go inside the Bruton Parish Church?
(a) She feared that she would encounter Curzon.
(b) She felt guilty for not going to church in a long while.
(c) She knew it was segregated and they would have to sit upstairs.
(d) There was no room.

5. Why did Curzon support the Patriot cause?
(a) Because he believed the Patriots were fighting for freedom.
(b) Because he did not want to pay British taxes.
(c) Because the Patriots had promised him his freedom.
(d) Because the Patriots did not believe in slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a soldier named Henry, what was the army's strategy for attacking Yorktown?

2. While in WIlliamsburg, where did Isabel learn news of the war?

3. In Chapter XXXIV, why did Curzon take Isabel for a walk?

4. What did Curzon promise Isabel during their first real conversation after Isabel's arrival at the army camp?

5. What job did Ruth do much better at than Isabel thought she would when working for the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of person was Miss Marrow?

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

3. Why did Isabel believe it was foolish for Curzon to support the Patriots?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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