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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel try to do in the meeting?
(a) Write down what's being said.
(b) Charm the attendees.
(c) Blend in with the furniture.
(d) Get Mr. Lockton's attention.

2. Who is Bellingham's slave?
(a) He does not keep slaves.
(b) David.
(c) Curzon's entire family.
(d) Curzon.

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

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

5. Who are the Locktons?
(a) The couple who buy Isabel and Ruth.
(b) The couple who pay for Miss Finch's funeral.
(c) The mayor and his wife who want to buy Isabel and Ruth.
(d) The owners of the tavern who protest the sale of the girls.

6. Why is Isabel confounded?
(a) Why Mr. Lockton leaves his wife behind.
(b) Madam Lockton is being nice to her and Ruth.
(c) She does not understand why Regan or Bellingham have not held up their promise.
(d) Why Madam Lockton is so verbal about her loyalties.

7. What does Becky tell Isabel?
(a) That Mrs. Lockton has a reputation of kindness.
(b) That the best times to buy bakery items is early morning.
(c) That she needs to listen carefully to Madam Lockton.
(d) That Mr. Lockton might try to take advantage of Isabel at night.

8. Why is Isabel devastated during the search of the Lockton's home?
(a) The Locktons seem completely unconcerned.
(b) The soldiers are not being very thorough.
(c) Isabel is treated roughly by Bellingham.
(d) The money is no longer in the linen chest.

9. What do the New York couple who are in town for business do?
(a) Try to convince Robert to set Isabel and Ruth free.
(b) Buy Isabel and Ruth.
(c) Donate money to the local rebel movement.
(d) File a legal petition on behalf of Isabel and Ruth.

10. Why is Isabel more motivated than ever to gain information for Mr. Bellingham?
(a) Out of fear for retaliations against Ruth and Isabel.
(b) Out of spite for Madam Lockton.
(c) To get Ruth's freedom.
(d) Out of hatred for Madam Lockton.

11. What does Mr. Lockton order Isabel to do?
(a) Come with Mr. Lockton to the docks and get the crate back to the house.
(b) Untie Madam Lockton in two hours.
(c) Burn all his papers.
(d) Go and see to his aunt.

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

13. What does Isabel do after everyone in the household is asleep?
(a) Steals the list of accomplices.
(b) Steals some food to hide away for an escape.
(c) Steals one of Madam Lockton's scarves to keep for the future.
(d) Goes to find Curzon.

14. What does Isabel naively believe when she talks to Curzon late at night?
(a) That she can trust Curzon.
(b) That the Locktons will be arrested that night.
(c) That she and Ruth will be freed that night.
(d) That her life would be better in an independent America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madam Lockton blame when Mr. Lockton fights with her for packing her bags?

2. How does Madam Lockton say she hit her head?

3. What does Madam Lockton plan to use as her personal entertainment in her house?

4. What does Miss Finch's nephew say about Miss Finch's will?

5. For what do the Loyalists want money?

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