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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the woman like whom Willy and Horace first encounter in Canvas Town?
(a) She is young and pretty.
(b) She has been brutally beaten.
(c) She is very old.
(d) She is a nun.

2. Who tells Willy she cannot stay with her aunt and uncle?
(a) Willy's aunt.
(b) Willy's uncle.
(c) Captain Ivers.
(d) Mrs. Ivers.

3. What is the "Queen's Head"?
(a) A promontory near what is now Ellis Island.
(b) A promontory on the Hudson River.
(c) A boarding room for young black females.
(d) The tavern Mr. Fraunces owns.

4. Who does Willy see when she wakes from her faint?
(a) William.
(b) Her father.
(c) A British soldier.
(d) Colonel Ledyard.

5. Why are Willy's parents free?
(a) They saved money and bought their freedom.
(b) Jordan has agreed to fight with the Americans.
(c) Their slave owner died.
(d) They were never slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in Baker's Cove?

2. What does Willy think about instead of her father?

3. What does the woman want in exchange for more information about Willy's mother?

4. What is one option Willy thinks about but discards?

5. What does Willy's mother say is safer for Jordan than fighting?

(see the answer key)

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