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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters XXXVI - XL.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is it before Isabel wakes after being branded?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 6 days.

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

3. 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 live with their mother in Canada.
(d) They are going to be adopted by Mary Finch.

4. What does Isabel tell the prisoners before she leaves?
(a) That she wants Curzon to have his blanket and hat back.
(b) That she wants to speak to Curzon first before making the agreement.
(c) That she really expects her freedom this time.
(d) That they will never see her again if Curzon dies.

5. What is Isabel to do at the Lockton home?
(a) Be a personal servant to the Lockton's daughter.
(b) She does not yet know.
(c) Assist Becky.
(d) Help the cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Lockton give Isabel orders?

2. What does Ruth seem to not understand?

3. What does the book seller say many in the colonies are trying to do?

4. What war seems to be brewing?

5. How many homes are destroyed that night?

(see the answer key)

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