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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. About what do Lockton's guests speak openly?
(a) The various illegal financial activities in which they engage.
(b) Their Loyalists ties.
(c) Their getting slaves illegally.
(d) Their desire for independence from England.

4. Where does Isabel go after she talks with Curzon?
(a) To the Lockton house.
(b) To the church.
(c) To the market.
(d) Back to the ship.

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

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

7. Who is Goldbuttons?
(a) One of Lockton's accomplices.
(b) One of the officers in charge of arresting Loyalists.
(c) A Loyalist who gives information to the Patriots when he is arrested.
(d) The judge who approved the search and seizure of Loyalist properties.

8. What does Mr. Lockton do when Madam Lockton protests his decision about her?
(a) Ties her to the bed with orders for the servants to release her after he is gone.
(b) Agrees to let her come with him.
(c) Shoots her.
(d) Punches her in the face.

9. For what do the Loyalists want money?
(a) To buy weapons.
(b) To bribe farmers.
(c) To hire riot mongers.
(d) To hire assassins.

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

11. What does Mr. Lockton tell Isabel to do when he is entertaining some friends?
(a) Clean all the cloaks of the guests.
(b) Serve them food and drink.
(c) Keep Ruth out of the way.
(d) Entertain the children of his guests.

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

13. Where does Robert lead Isabel and Ruth?
(a) To an alehouse.
(b) To the church.
(c) To the docks.
(d) To a farm outside of town.

14. How does Lockton manage to get out of his house without being seen?
(a) He dresses in woman's clothing and walks out with his wife and her aunt.
(b) He gets out through a secret tunnel in the basement.
(c) He is wheeled out in a cheese crate.
(d) He hides in a secret room in the house and does not leave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Madam Lockton send Isabel into a secretive meeting Mr. Lockton is conducting?

2. Where does Isabel hope the soldiers will search?

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

4. What does Bellingham tell the Locktons all Patriots are doing?

5. Who is Bellingham's slave?

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