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

2. Who are Isabel and Ruth?
(a) The slaves of Mary Finch.
(b) Two daughters of the local inn keeper.
(c) Cousins who are at Mary Finch's funeral.
(d) Mary Finch's nieces.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Isabel ask for guidance?

3. From what illness does Ruth suffer?

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

5. Who does Becky say nearly died?

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