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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message do the British send to the fort?
(a) An offer to let the women and children leave the fort.
(b) A demand for their British prisoners.
(c) A demand for their surrender.
(d) They do not send a note.

2. Where is Willy determined to go?
(a) To retrieve her father's body.
(b) To the Ledyard home.
(c) To the harbor.
(d) To find her mother.

3. What does Captain Ivers ask Willy when he first sees her?
(a) If she can cook.
(b) If she is interested in joining the army.
(c) If she is a runaway.
(d) If she is with the British forces.

4. What does Willy drop on the beach near her boat?
(a) The dress.
(b) The coat.
(c) The message from Captain Ivers.
(d) The shoes.

5. How does Willy distract her captives?
(a) By tossing pebbles into the woods.
(b) By screaming about a bear.
(c) By waving at imaginary foes.
(d) By screaming about a snake.

6. Who gives Willy a ride at one point on her travel?
(a) A wounded black man in a wagon.
(b) A black family headed for New York in a wagon.
(c) An old black man hauling potatoes.
(d) No one.

7. What do the two men say to Willy and her mother?
(a) Their fish were confiscated by the Americans.
(b) They did not know the cow belonged to a black family.
(c) Their fish were confiscated by the British.
(d) They would like some milk from the cow.

8. What are Willy's first words to a British soldier?
(a) She's a girl.
(b) Her brother is only ten and not to hurt him.
(c) Her father will hurt him if he hurts her.
(d) She does not speak to the British soldier.

9. Why is Uncle Jack at home?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He is on furlough.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) His owner needs him right now.

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

11. What does Willy take that she feels badly about?
(a) Her aunt's coat.
(b) Some food.
(c) Her aunt's dress.
(d) A pair shoes.

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

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

14. Who arrives while Willy is waiting for her mother?
(a) Mrs. Ledyard.
(b) Jordan.
(c) William Latham.
(d) Granny Hyde.

15. What is one of Willy's daily jobs?
(a) To mend the family's clothes.
(b) To check the fences.
(c) To take the mild to the Ledyard family.
(d) To clean out the barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two men that Willy and her mother encounter?

2. How does Lucy get the cow?

3. Who does Willy see when she wakes from her faint?

4. Where does Willy find her mother after leaving the fort?

5. What is Willy's real name?

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