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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Madam Lockton say she hit her head?
(a) Falling down the steps.
(b) Slipping on water in the kitchen.
(c) Spilled candle wax.
(d) Tripping over the rug.

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

3. Who is Inkstained?
(a) A spy for the Patriots.
(b) A newspaper editor.
(c) A Loyalist who has fled New York.
(d) A spy for the Loyalists.

4. Who is Curzon?
(a) A young man who is enamored of Madam Lockton's daughter.
(b) A slave boy who offers to show Isabel the way to the bakery.
(c) A slave boy who offers to show Isabel the way to the water hole.
(d) One of the soldiers who is searching the ship's hold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what illness does Ruth suffer?

2. What does Isabel naively believe when she talks to Curzon late at night?

3. What is the purpose of the term "ad astra"?

4. For what does one member of the conspiracy at Lockton's request Lockton's money?

5. Who is Colonel Regen?

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