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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel vow when she sees Ruth crying?
(a) To get her away from the Locktons.
(b) To find a way to get Ruth medicine.
(c) To give Ruth half of her food.
(d) To try to sneak in at night and be with Ruth.

2. What is Mrs. Lockton's tendency towards her slaves?
(a) To pay them for their work.
(b) To beat them.
(c) To try to win their loyalty with kindness.
(d) To be very fair.

3. Who pleads for the girls' welfare?
(a) The tavern owner.
(b) Pastor Weeks.
(c) The baker's wife.
(d) Miss Finch's gardener.

4. Where is the opening of the novel set?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Vermont.

5. Who does Isabel ask for guidance?
(a) Her grandmother's ghost.
(b) Her mother's ghost.
(c) Iris.
(d) Mary Finch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabel have to decide after talking to Curzon?

2. What does Isabel learn was in Madam Lockton's underwear chest?

3. What is significant about the day the novel opens?

4. Where does Isabel go after the Locktons are asleep?

5. Who is Becky Berry?

(see the answer key)

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