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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 does Mr. Fraunces tell Willy to do?
(a) Go and care for the horses.
(b) Help the cook clean the pots and pans.
(c) Go to his office.
(d) Help Horace unload the wagon.

2. Why can't Willy do one of her daily chores today?
(a) There are no needles in the house.
(b) Because of the fighting between the Americans and British.
(c) The Ledyards have left for New York.
(d) The horses are too restless with all the cannon sounds.

3. What does Willy realize about Horace as they are talking?
(a) He does not believe her story.
(b) He is an orphan.
(c) He is a slave.
(d) He is half white.

4. What does Willy try to do at first when speaking to Mr. Fraunces?
(a) Lie completely.
(b) Refuse to talk.
(c) Tell him half truths.
(d) Cry to get his sympathy.

5. What is the young boy who offers Willy a ride carrying?
(a) Stacks of furs.
(b) Bales of straw.
(c) Wood.
(d) Kegs of ale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Ivers say he needs Dan to do?

2. What does Willy learn from the woman she first encounters in Canvas Town?

3. What does Willy take that she feels badly about?

4. What are Willy's first words to a British soldier?

5. What does Willy promise to Betsy that she will do?

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