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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bellingham's slave?
(a) He does not keep slaves.
(b) David.
(c) Curzon's entire family.
(d) Curzon.

2. What does Isabel learn was in Madam Lockton's underwear chest?
(a) A letter from King George.
(b) Paper currency for financing the Loyalist cause.
(c) A number of letters of correspondence between the Locktons and powerful political figures in England.
(d) Authorization for money from the royal treasury to purchase weapons.

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

4. What do the New York couple who are in town for business do?
(a) Buy Isabel and Ruth.
(b) File a legal petition on behalf of Isabel and Ruth.
(c) Donate money to the local rebel movement.
(d) Try to convince Robert to set Isabel and Ruth free.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pleads for the girls' welfare?

2. Who is hanged in the town square?

3. What do soldiers ask to search?

4. What does Becky tell Isabel?

5. How does Madam Lockton say she hit her head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isabel do the night of the first Loyalist meeting after the household members have gone to sleep?

2. What does Isabel do to protect Ruth's innocence.

3. How does Isabel get into a secretive meeting of the Loyalists, and what how does she conduct herself?

4. What does Colonel Regen ask Isabel to do and how does he make it possible for her to travel about without being picked up?

5. What does Becky Berry tell Isabel about Ruth?

6. What happens when Miss Finch's nephew comes up while Isabel is talking to the Pastor?

7. Who does Isabel take the list she stole to and why does she choose that person?

8. About what does Becky warn Isabel?

9. What worries Isabel about Ruth being around Mrs. Lockton regularly?

10. What does Isabel struggle to do as she is working about the house?

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