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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madam Lockton convince the soldiers to do?
(a) Let her remove her valuables before the search.
(b) Let her go and lie down at the Inn during the search.
(c) Release her chest that contains her underwear.
(d) Find a safe place for Isabel and Ruth to wait.

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

3. Who are the Locktons?
(a) The owners of the tavern who protest the sale of the girls.
(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 couple who buy Isabel and Ruth.

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

5. What ill effect does Ruth suffer from falling in the kitchen?
(a) A couple broken fingers.
(b) A huge lump on her head.
(c) A broken wrist.
(d) A broken nose.

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

7. What does Colonel Regen ask Isabel to do?
(a) Take the list to General Washington's camp.
(b) Put the list back where she found it.
(c) Go and quietly get Ruth and bring her there.
(d) Make a copy of the list and put the original back.

8. What does Madam Lockton say she will do if Ruth has another seizure?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Send Ruth back to Africa.
(c) Take her to a specialist in Boston.
(d) Sell her.

9. Who is a new addition to the Loyalist's meeting at the Lockton?
(a) General Tarkington.
(b) The Mayor of New York.
(c) Aaron Burr.
(d) The chief constable of New York.

10. How does Mrs. Lockton amuse her friends?
(a) By having the twin slave boys do a tumbling act.
(b) By singing for them.
(c) By playing the harpsichord for them.
(d) By making Ruth dance like a monkey.

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

12. Where does Isabel go after the Locktons are asleep?
(a) Nowhere; she knows it's not yet time to do anything.
(b) To talk to her sister Ruth about escaping.
(c) To the house where Curzon lives.
(d) To the study to find evidence to turn over to Bellingham.

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

14. Where does Isabel run to visit?
(a) Her best friend, Iris.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother's grave.
(d) Her grandfather's grave.

15. What does Isabel do as Ruth is falling asleep?
(a) Sneaks out to find Curzon.
(b) Falls asleep under the porch steps.
(c) Stays with Ruth.
(d) Tells Madam Lockton how Isabel feels about her beating Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the opening of the novel set?

2. Why is Isabel more motivated than ever to gain information for Mr. Bellingham?

3. Where does Isabel go after she talks with Curzon?

4. Who is Bellingham's slave?

5. What does Isabel vow when she sees Ruth crying?

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