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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 do the two black men say about the Americans?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The Americans want to keep the blacks as slaves.
(c) The Americans are going to lose the war.
(d) The Americans believe in torture.

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

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

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

5. What does Captain Ivers say to his wife?
(a) To be quiet.
(b) To look at Willy's papers.
(c) To find him a pen and paper.
(d) To fix him some food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has told Willy's uncle about New York?

2. What else does Mr. Fraunces say Willy can do in New York?

3. Who is Captain Ivers?

4. What angers Willy the next day?

5. What military fort is near Willy's house?

(see the answer key)

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