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

2. Whose name is brought up as a potential assassination target?
(a) John Hancock.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) George Washington.

3. How does Isabel respond to Becky's news?
(a) Isabel tries to kill herself.
(b) Isabel confronts Madam Lockton.
(c) Isabel runs away.
(d) Isabel goes outside to find Ruth.

4. What does Miss Finch's nephew say about Miss Finch's will?
(a) It says nothing about setting Isabel and Ruth free.
(b) It cannot be found.
(c) Miss Finch changed her will leaving Ruth and Isabel to her nephew.
(d) It is being contested.

5. About what do Lockton's guests speak openly?
(a) Their desire for independence from England.
(b) Their getting slaves illegally.
(c) Their Loyalists ties.
(d) The various illegal financial activities in which they engage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Lockton's tendency towards her slaves?

2. Who is Bellingham's slave?

3. What is significant about this day for Isabel and Ruth?

4. How does Lockton manage to get out of his house without being seen?

5. How does Madam Lockton say she hit her head?

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