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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Curzon say he tastes in the food that he eats at Moore Hall in Chapter 41?
(a) Jubilance.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Envy.
(d) Sorrow.

2. Who has become sergeant of Curzon's former unit in Chapter 46?
(a) Eben.
(b) Greenlaw.
(c) Brown.
(d) Silvenus.

3. What does Curzon do with Bellingham's key while Bellingham is bathing in Chapter 55?
(a) He steals it and runs.
(b) He uses it to unlock Isabel's collar while Bellingham is not looking.
(c) He drops in the sink.
(d) He makes an imprint of it in candle wax.

4. Where is Baron von Steuben from?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

5. Chapter 57 spans from May 7, 1778 to what date?
(a) May 13, 1778.
(b) June 4, 1778.
(c) April 29, 1778.
(d) August 13, 1778.

6. Who is the leader of France that has formally recognized the United States as an independent nation in Chapter 54?
(a) King Louis III.
(b) King Louis XVI.
(c) King Edward XV.
(d) King Henry XVI.

7. Who is relocated to the parlor as his sleeping quarters and with his duties as forage master in Chapter 55?
(a) General Biddle.
(b) Joseph Valentine.
(c) Baron de Gaudy.
(d) Private Joseph Plumb Martin.

8. What encircles Isabel's neck?
(a) A leather rope.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) An iron collar.
(d) A pearl necklace.

9. What span of days comprises Chapter 28?
(a) July 12, 1778 - August 14, 1778.
(b) February 7, 1778 - February 11, 1778.
(c) June 2, 1778 - June 14, 1778.
(d) March 12, 1778 - April 1, 1778.

10. How many soldiers are said to be at the camp at Valley Forge in Chapter 43?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 16,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 8,000.

11. Who is the Oneida woman that instructs how to make corn soup in Chapter 58?
(a) Mary Prince.
(b) Polly Cooper.
(c) Olaudah Equiano.
(d) Hannah Glasse.

12. What is Gideon doing when he collapses in the beginning of Chapter 45?
(a) Polishing silverware.
(b) Drawing a bath for his master.
(c) Sweeping the kitchen.
(d) Powdering Mister Morris's wig.

13. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 36 as "the first woman to write about her life in slavery" (169)?
(a) Anna Gates.
(b) Abigail Adams.
(c) Mary Prince.
(d) Eileen Woodruff.

14. To what fort does General Greene set out in Chapter 58?
(a) The Staten Island Fort.
(b) Fort Sumpter.
(c) The Fishkill Fort.
(d) Fort Williams.

15. On what date does Chapter 58 open?
(a) May 14, 1778.
(b) June 6, 1778.
(c) March 4, 1778.
(d) September 13, 1778.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 48 as "the long-haired fellow who drew maps for General Washington" (224) in Chapter 48?

2. Where does Isabel tell Curzon she trusted him but he went behind her back in Chapter 40?

3. Who is referred to as General Washington's manservant in Chapter 39?

4. Who is the servant that takes Curzon to see Bellingham in Chapter 36?

5. Where does James Bellingham tell Curzon to meet him at noon the next day in Chapter 30?

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