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

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

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

4. What does Curzon explain about Master Lockton?
(a) He is suspected of supplying weapons to Indians.
(b) He is suspected of harboring fugitive slaves.
(c) He is suspected of smuggling slaves into New York.
(d) He is suspected of supporting loyalists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Isabel and Ruth?

2. Who does Isabel ask for guidance?

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

4. Where does Robert lead Isabel and Ruth?

5. What do the Loyalists think would be a consequence of the assassination?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Isabel terrified when Lockton is released from jail, and why did she need not worry?

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

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 Isabel learn when she is serving a meeting of some of the Loyalists at the Lockton home?

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

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

8. What does the Mayor of New York suggest it is time to do to advance the Loyalist cause?

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

10. What does Miss Finch's nephew do with Isabel and Ruth and who tries to intervene?

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