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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Locktons?
(a) The mayor and his wife who want to buy Isabel and Ruth.
(b) The couple who buy Isabel and Ruth.
(c) The owners of the tavern who protest the sale of the girls.
(d) The couple who pay for Miss Finch's funeral.

2. What is significant about this day for Isabel and Ruth?
(a) They are going to live with their mother in Canada.
(b) They are to be set free.
(c) They are going to be adopted by Mary Finch.
(d) They are to be adopted by a Quaker couple in Pennsylvania.

3. What does Madam Lockton convince the soldiers to do?
(a) Let her go and lie down at the Inn during the search.
(b) Release her chest that contains her underwear.
(c) Let her remove her valuables before the search.
(d) Find a safe place for Isabel and Ruth to wait.

4. Where does Becky obtain most of her gossipy news?
(a) She is staunchly opposed to listening to gossip.
(b) The market.
(c) From the men she flirts with.
(d) From overhearing the Locktons talking after dinner.

5. Under what stipulation does Lockton agree to hand over his money?
(a) That Lockton and his wife leave for England before the assassination takes place.
(b) That Lockton be repaid double when the rebel is put down.
(c) That Lockton be granted a knighthood.
(d) A list of the conspirator's name written in the Mayor's handwriting.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens when the boat holding Isabel and Ruth docks in New York?

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

5. What war seems to be brewing?

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