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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Willy end up telling Mr. Fraunces the entire truth of her past?
(a) She gets too entangled in her lies.
(b) She decides she trusts him.
(c) She feels hopeless.
(d) He forces her to at knifepoint.

2. Why does Mr. Fraunces send Willy to the docks?
(a) To draw a picture of the surrender of the British.
(b) To buy fish.
(c) To look for her mother.
(d) To find a British officer who is a friend of Mr. Fraunces.

3. For whom does Willy say she works?
(a) No one.
(b) The British general.
(c) The American general.
(d) Sam Fraunces.

4. When do the British finally leave New York?
(a) The next Fall.
(b) Not until the next winter.
(c) Right after their surrender.
(d) Summer.

5. When does Willy get off the wagon?
(a) Once they are on the ferry.
(b) When they arrive at Horace's destination.
(c) When Horace pulls up to a boarding house and tells her to get out.
(d) Once they are in New York.

6. From where is Mr. Goodrich?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Maine.

7. How does Willy feel in her home at the tavern?
(a) Content.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Despondent.

8. What does Willy scream at Captain Ivers?
(a) He is not her owner.
(b) He is responsible for the lives of his slaves.
(c) He is Satan.
(d) He allowed her mother to die.

9. What rumor did Captain Ivers spread?
(a) He bought Willy from Colonel Ledyard.
(b) Willy is free but owes him money for that freedom.
(c) Willy's father is still alive.
(d) Willy stole from him the last time she was here.

10. How does Willy get some medicine for Lucy?
(a) She is unable to get any medicine.
(b) By begging a doctor.
(c) From another slave who had been ill.
(d) By gathering herbs in the woods.

11. What does Willy do on the ship on the way to the Coast?
(a) Sews.
(b) Polishes railings.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Writes.

12. In what month is there word that the British have officially lost the war?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) August.

13. What does Horace think about Willy that is not true?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Willy really has some money.
(c) Willy is a runaway slave.
(d) Willy is a boy.

14. Why can't Willy get a doctor to look at her mother?
(a) No doctor would attend a black person.
(b) The area doctor is killed in the war.
(c) Captain Ivers has forbidden it.
(d) The closest doctor is fifty miles away.

15. What does Willy say about her mother?
(a) She does not look like she is dying.
(b) Willy is proud of her mother for surviving.
(c) Her mother will live if Willy can care for her.
(d) She would not have recognized her if she had not known that it was her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman like whom Willy and Horace first encounter in Canvas Town?

2. For whom does Horace work?

3. Mr. Goodrich says he can help Willy with _____________.

4. What does the woman want in exchange for more information about Willy's mother?

5. What would stop Willy from reaching the city?

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