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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Horace suggest that Willy say about having no money?
(a) She gave it all to her father who beat it out of her.
(b) Her mother demanded it for food for her brothers.
(c) She was sick and had to pay for medicine.
(d) She got drunk, fell asleep, and was robbed.

2. Why does Willy think she should search Canvas Town?
(a) Someone saw a group of black women there.
(b) She would be safe there.
(c) Mr. Fraunces suggests that she do so.
(d) Some of the women who are homeless end up in Canvas Town.

3. How many years have passed since the battle that kills Willy's father?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. What does Mr. Goodrich tell Willy when he comes to the tavern?
(a) Her mother died the year before.
(b) Her mother is with Aunt Betsy.
(c) Her father's farm is being sold.
(d) Her mother is in Virginia.

5. Whom does Willy go to see for help?
(a) Mr. Goodrich.
(b) No one.
(c) The local constable.
(d) The Ledyards.

6. Who is Elizur Goodrich?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A baker.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A lawyer.

7. What are being used to house prisoners?
(a) Homes of people loyal to England.
(b) The insane asylums.
(c) Warehouses at the wharf.
(d) Churches and sugar houses.

8. What does Willy do when she feels guilty for spending her money foolishly?
(a) Asks Horace to keep her pay safe for her.
(b) Asks Mr. Fraunces to keep her pay safe for her.
(c) Vows to be better.
(d) Gives Horace some.

9. What is the woman like whom Willy and Horace first encounter in Canvas Town?
(a) She has been brutally beaten.
(b) She is a nun.
(c) She is very old.
(d) She is young and pretty.

10. 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 an orphan.
(d) He is a slave.

11. Why is the judge angry at Captain Ivers?
(a) For whipping Jack.
(b) He is not angry.
(c) For making a false claim on Willy.
(d) For striking Willy when her mother is dying.

12. Why does Willy reveal that she's a girl to Horace?
(a) He asks.
(b) He appears naked in front of her after a swim.
(c) He trys to pressure her to go to the public baths.
(d) He figures it out when she wants to swim away from him.

13. Where does Horace suggest they get a meal?
(a) On the wharf.
(b) At the boarding house where he stays.
(c) In the kitchen at the Queen's Head.
(d) In a inn that sailors frequent.

14. What does Uncle Jack say when he sees Willy?
(a) She is safe as Captain Ivers is dead.
(b) Mrs. Ledyard verified Willy's freedom.
(c) She is in danger.
(d) Willy's mother has been there for several months.

15. What is the "Queen's Head"?
(a) The tavern Mr. Fraunces owns.
(b) A promontory near what is now Ellis Island.
(c) A boarding room for young black females.
(d) A promontory on the Hudson River.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do people make temporary housing in Canvas Town?

2. What does Mr. Fraunces tell Willy to do?

3. What does Willy start doing once everyone knows she is a girl?

4. When do the British finally leave New York?

5. Who comes in when Willy and Horace are about to eat?

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