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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel see when she is branded?
(a) Stars and the ghosts of her dead parents.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Ruth crying for her.
(d) The devil with Mrs. Lockton's face.

2. What does Isabel discover when she wakes after the night that she receives cookies and milk?
(a) Mrs. Lockton has fled New York.
(b) Ruth is missing.
(c) Becky is very ill.
(d) Mr. Lockton has be arrested again.

3. With what does Curzon help Isabel?
(a) Saving supplies for her escape.
(b) Plotting revenge against Madam Lockton.
(c) Carrying water buckets.
(d) Planning her escape.

4. Where does Isabel go when she runs out of the Lockton home?
(a) To Colonel Regen's headquarters.
(b) To the river to throw herself off the bridge.
(c) To the Bellingham home.
(d) To the docks to find Ruth on the ship.

5. What book does the book seller give Isabel?
(a) Thre Three Musketeers.
(b) Common Sense.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) Robinson Caruso.

6. What does Lady Seymour indicate one day when she hands Isabel a biscuit?
(a) That Lady Seymour knows Isabel goes to the prison.
(b) That Lady Seymour does not believe in slavery.
(c) That Lady Seymour knows where Ruth is.
(d) That Lady Seymour plans to buy Isabel and set her free.

7. What happens that causes the Patriots to leave New York City?
(a) The British invade New York City.
(b) The British invade up the coast in the Boston area.
(c) There is a scarcity of food.
(d) There is an epidemic of the flu.

8. How does Isabel feel about Colonel Regen?
(a) He lied to her.
(b) He did what he could.
(c) He was unable to help her because he could not break the laws.
(d) He made her situation far worse than it had been.

9. What does Isabel eat upon awakening?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A huge breakfast.
(c) A few nuts.
(d) Some bread and butter.

10. What does Isabel do once she is outside the house?
(a) Rushes back in to pull Lady Seymour to safety.
(b) Runs over to the Locktons.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Rushes back inside to bring more of Lady Seymour's possessions out.

11. What does Isabel try to do once a day?
(a) Take some little bit of food to hide for her flight.
(b) Sneak off to the prison.
(c) Pray for Ruth.
(d) Go through the papers in the study to try to find where Ruth is.

12. How bad is the fire to which Isabel awakes one morning?
(a) Isabel has no idea.
(b) The entire block of homes is on fire.
(c) The fire is contained in the kitchen.
(d) Just Lady Seymour and the next-door neighbor's home are on fire.

13. What does Mrs. Lockton think when she notices the Patriots gathering their belongings?
(a) That the Patriots are gone for good from New York.
(b) That the British have already won.
(c) That the British will return to New York.
(d) That the Patriots are cowards.

14. What does Lady Seymour give Isabel on Christmas?
(a) A few dollars.
(b) A new pair shoes.
(c) A new hat.
(d) A new pair of gloves.

15. Of what crime is Isabel accused?
(a) Hitting her owner.
(b) Theft.
(c) Lying.
(d) Insolence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many homes are destroyed that night?

2. What does Lady Seymour say many people believe is the Christian thing to do?

3. For how long is Isabel held in prison?

4. How does Isabel respond to Becky's news?

5. What does the book seller say many in the colonies are trying to do?

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