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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has already been bribed to turn a blind eye to an assassin?
(a) A member of the Life Guards.
(b) The under-Captain of security for the rebel forces.
(c) One of Jefferson's bodyguards.
(d) The Captain of security for the rebel forces.

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

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

4. Why are the windows removed in the Lockton's home?
(a) In an effort to find the hidden money.
(b) Ostensibly to gain the lead from them.
(c) To give Bellingham time to search the premises.
(d) As a warning.

5. How old is Isabel?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 22.
(d) 13.

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

7. Why does Mr. Lockton insist Madam Lockton stay behind?
(a) To pack their valuables and ready for a move to England.
(b) To gather word of where the Patriots are looking.
(c) To keep the house and contents safe.
(d) Mr. Lockton wants her to go with him but she is not home when he escapes.

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

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

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

11. To what has Madam Lockton taken a particular liking?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Coffee.

12. How does Becky say is the best way to stay safe?
(a) Try to anticipate Mrs. Lockton's needs ahead of time.
(b) Compliment Mrs. Lockton as often as possible.
(c) Be seen and not heard.
(d) Stay away from the Locktons as much as possible.

13. What is officially discovered a few days after Isabel talks to Colonel Regen?
(a) The plot to assassinate one of the writers of the Declaration of Independence.
(b) A plot to sabotage efforts at a peaceful solution to independence.
(c) The plot to assassinate Washinton.
(d) A plot to set fire to the docks of New York city.

14. What do soldiers ask to search?
(a) The valise which hold the bill of sale for the girls.
(b) The Captain's quarters on the ship.
(c) The ship's hold.
(d) The Lockton's belongings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Lockton's social standing?

2. Where does Becky obtain most of her gossipy news?

3. Who is Goldbuttons?

4. Who does Lockton put the blame upon for the search of his home?

5. Why is Ruth crying one afternoon?

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