View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else does Mr. Fraunces say Willy can do in New York?
(a) Be a chimney sweep.
(b) Spy on the British.
(c) Sell flowers on the corner.
(d) Search for her mother.

2. How does Willy get into the fort?
(a) Through the back gate.
(b) By making the horse jump the small outer wall.
(c) She does not go to the fort.
(d) Holding onto a rope that her father pulls up.

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

4. What does Willy learn from the woman she first encounters in Canvas Town?
(a) Willy's mother had been there but was traveling home.
(b) The woman knows Willy's mother.
(c) Her mother works in the rich section of New York.
(d) Her mother has married a British soldier.

5. About what is Willy afraid?
(a) Mrs. Ivers will treat her badly.
(b) Captain Ivers will force her back into slavery.
(c) Her family's farm will be lost.
(d) Willy's mother is searching for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Willy think Mr. Fraunces' loyalties might lie?

2. What suddenly frightens Willy as she is about to milk the cow?

3. What is Willy's real name?

4. Who tells Willy she cannot stay with her aunt and uncle?

5. How will Willy get where she is going?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 265 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample