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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters XXI - XXIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Isabel go after the Locktons are asleep?
(a) To talk to her sister Ruth about escaping.
(b) To the study to find evidence to turn over to Bellingham.
(c) To the house where Curzon lives.
(d) Nowhere; she knows it's not yet time to do anything.

2. What is significant about the day the novel opens?
(a) It is the funeral of a slave named Isabel.
(b) It is Miss Mary Finch's funeral.
(c) It is Christmas.
(d) It is the wedding of Mary Finch's niece.

3. What does Mr. Lockton tell Isabel to do when he is entertaining some friends?
(a) Keep Ruth out of the way.
(b) Entertain the children of his guests.
(c) Serve them food and drink.
(d) Clean all the cloaks of the guests.

4. How does Lockton manage to get out of his house without being seen?
(a) He is wheeled out in a cheese crate.
(b) He hides in a secret room in the house and does not leave.
(c) He gets out through a secret tunnel in the basement.
(d) He dresses in woman's clothing and walks out with his wife and her aunt.

5. What does Becky tell Isabel?
(a) That Mr. Lockton might try to take advantage of Isabel at night.
(b) That Mrs. Lockton has a reputation of kindness.
(c) That the best times to buy bakery items is early morning.
(d) That she needs to listen carefully to Madam Lockton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Madam Lockton send Isabel?

2. Who pleads for the girls' welfare?

3. What does Madam Lockton plan to use as her personal entertainment in her house?

4. What does Madam Lockton convince the soldiers to do?

5. What does Isabel vow when she sees Ruth crying?

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