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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. Who comes knocking on the Lockton's door the next morning?
(a) No one.
(b) Six soldiers.
(c) One of the Loyalist conspirators.
(d) The ranking British general in America.

2. Why does Isabel think Bellingham is not the person to go to with information?
(a) He seems indifferent to her plight.
(b) He may not have the authority to grant her and Ruth's freedom.
(c) He may not be trustworthy.
(d) He may have misled her.

3. Who is Becky Berry?
(a) The head maid of the Lockton house.
(b) The tailor's slave.
(c) The baker's daughter.
(d) A slave belonging to the Bellinghams.

4. Who is Colonel Regen?
(a) The warden at the prison.
(b) A Patriot farmer turned soldier.
(c) A Loyalist farmer turned soldier.
(d) The Patriot leader.

5. What is officially discovered a few days after Isabel talks to Colonel Regen?
(a) A plot to sabotage efforts at a peaceful solution to independence.
(b) The plot to assassinate Washinton.
(c) The plot to assassinate one of the writers of the Declaration of Independence.
(d) A plot to set fire to the docks of New York city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ruth crying one afternoon?

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

3. What does Isabel try to do in the meeting?

4. What proves harder than expected for the Loyalist?

5. What does Isabel decide she must do?

(see the answer key)

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