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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ruth crying one afternoon?
(a) Because of the way Madam Lockton treats her.
(b) Because she is sick.
(c) Because she is hungry.
(d) Because she wants Isabel around more.

2. What is officially discovered a few days after Isabel talks to Colonel Regen?
(a) The plot to assassinate Washinton.
(b) A plot to sabotage efforts at a peaceful solution to independence.
(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.

3. Who are Isabel and Ruth?
(a) Mary Finch's nieces.
(b) The slaves of Mary Finch.
(c) Cousins who are at Mary Finch's funeral.
(d) Two daughters of the local inn keeper.

4. Where does Becky obtain most of her gossipy news?
(a) From overhearing the Locktons talking after dinner.
(b) The market.
(c) From the men she flirts with.
(d) She is staunchly opposed to listening to gossip.

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

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

7. What does Becky tell Isabel?
(a) That the best times to buy bakery items is early morning.
(b) That Mrs. Lockton has a reputation of kindness.
(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 does Mr. Lockton insist Madam Lockton stay behind?
(a) Mr. Lockton wants her to go with him but she is not home when he escapes.
(b) To gather word of where the Patriots are looking.
(c) To pack their valuables and ready for a move to England.
(d) To keep the house and contents safe.

9. How does Mrs. Lockton dress Ruth?
(a) Like a monkey.
(b) In elaborate costumes of all sorts.
(c) She makes her run around with no clothing.
(d) In soldier uniforms.

10. How does Madam Lockton say she hit her head?
(a) Slipping on water in the kitchen.
(b) Spilled candle wax.
(c) Tripping over the rug.
(d) Falling down the steps.

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

12. From what illness does Ruth suffer?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Bad heart.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Consumption.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name is brought up as a potential assassination target?

2. Who comes knocking on the Lockton's door the next morning?

3. How does Becky say is the best way to stay safe?

4. Who is Curzon?

5. What does Mr. Lockton order Isabel to do?

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