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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. From what illness does Ruth suffer?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Bad heart.
(d) Consumption.

2. What does Isabel vow when she sees Ruth crying?
(a) To get her away from the Locktons.
(b) To try to sneak in at night and be with Ruth.
(c) To find a way to get Ruth medicine.
(d) To give Ruth half of her food.

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

4. How does Mrs. Lockton amuse her friends?
(a) By having the twin slave boys do a tumbling act.
(b) By playing the harpsichord for them.
(c) By singing for them.
(d) By making Ruth dance like a monkey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a new addition to the Loyalist's meeting at the Lockton?

2. Why does Mr. Lockton insist Madam Lockton stay behind?

3. To what has Madam Lockton taken a particular liking?

4. Who is Inkstained?

5. What does Isabel do as Ruth is falling asleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the soldiers remove the windows in the Lockton house?

4. How does Ruth act about the fall she has in the kitchen, and what does Ruth not seem to understand?

5. What does Madam Lockton convince the soldiers to do and how does she seems about everything else being searched?

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

7. How does Isabel feel about Ruth's assigned role in the household?

8. Why does Isabel ask the pastor for work?

9. Under what condition does Lockton agree to give the Loyalist money, and why does he stipulate that condition?

10. What does Becky Berry tell Isabel about Ruth?

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