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

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

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

4. What is significant about this day for Isabel and Ruth?
(a) They are going to be adopted by Mary Finch.
(b) They are to be set free.
(c) They are to be adopted by a Quaker couple in Pennsylvania.
(d) They are going to live with their mother in Canada.

5. Who is Becky Berry?
(a) A slave belonging to the Bellinghams.
(b) The baker's daughter.
(c) The head maid of the Lockton house.
(d) The tailor's slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What help does Isabel ask of the pastor?

2. What does Bellingham tell the Locktons all Patriots are doing?

3. What does Ruth seem to not understand?

4. Who is hanged in the town square?

5. What does Isabel have to decide after talking to Curzon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Isabel ask the pastor for work?

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

3. What does a soldier find when he searches the linen chest?

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

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

6. What surprises Isabel when she goes to bring Lady Seymour back to the Lockton home?

7. What are Isabel and Ruth doing in the funeral procession, and what is important about the day for them?

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

9. What does Curzon tell Isabel about the Locktons, and what promise does he make?

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

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