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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Willy's mother tell her to do instead of watching who's passing by the house?
(a) Milk the cow.
(b) Feed the chickens.
(c) Weed the garden.
(d) Gather eggs.

3. What does Willy's mother say about Willy's dress?
(a) She needs to fix the hem.
(b) She has to change from it into her milking britches.
(c) She has almost outgrown the dress.
(d) She has to patch the sleeve.

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

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

6. How does Jordan get into the fort?
(a) Through a small gate at the rear of the fort.
(b) Over the wall.
(c) He doesn't.
(d) Through the main gate.

7. Who tells Willy to get out of the fort?
(a) A British soldier.
(b) William Latham.
(c) Her father.
(d) An American soldier.

8. Why do Willy and her mother run toward the cow?
(a) They hear the cow moo.
(b) They want to figure out why the cow is not giving any milk.
(c) They hear some shrieking noises.
(d) The cow is in the safest area of the farm.

9. Why does Betsy cry when Willy is talking with her?
(a) Because Willy is so sad.
(b) Because they will probably have to leave their home.
(c) Over what has happened to Lucy.
(d) She does not cry.

10. What does Willy do immediately after her visitor leaves?
(a) Goes to the barn to feed the chickens.
(b) Lies down and cries.
(c) Makes something to eat.
(d) Packs up her belongings.

11. Where does Willy think her mother might be taken?
(a) Boston.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) New York.
(d) England.

12. What happens to Jordan after Colonel Ledyard surrenders?
(a) He is eventually killed.
(b) He is imprisoned.
(c) He is let go.
(d) Nothing.

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

14. What does Willy promise to Betsy that she will do?
(a) Teach Betsy to read.
(b) Find her mother.
(c) Find a way to free Betsy.
(d) Work hard.

15. How does Lucy get the cow?
(a) The narrator does not say how she came to have the cow.
(b) In payment for Lucy nursing a child back to health.
(c) She buys it with their life's savings.
(d) She saves the calf's life when it is abandoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Willy, where are her freedom papers?

2. What does Willy help a young boy do?

3. What does Willy discover when she scouts the area?

4. How old is Willy?

5. Who is Colonel Ledyard?

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