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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Willy start doing once everyone knows she is a girl?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Taking advantage of Horace's protectiveness.
(c) Going to church.
(d) Wearing female clothing again.

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

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

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

6. Why does Mr. Fraunces pay Willy and Horace?
(a) His conscience forces him to do so.
(b) He feels sorry for them.
(c) He lost a court case.
(d) They are free people.

7. Why doesn't Willy go to help get her uncle out of jail?
(a) The lawyer says she could come if she had some money.
(b) The lawyer does not want her to do so.
(c) She is afraid of being enslaved.
(d) She has no decent clothes to wear.

8. What does the woman want in exchange for more information about Willy's mother?
(a) Food.
(b) A job at the Queen's Head.
(c) Money.
(d) Willy's necklace.

9. Where does Aunt Betsy take Willy?
(a) To a small shack on the river.
(b) To the stables.
(c) To a small shack in the woods.
(d) To the cellar where her mother is.

10. What does Horace say when Willy tells him goodbye?
(a) He wishes she were a boy.
(b) He wants her to marry him.
(c) He wants to go with her.
(d) He is glad she is a girl.

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

12. How does Willy want to get into New York?
(a) By ferry.
(b) Crossing on a bridge.
(c) Circling around to the north and walking in on foot.
(d) She has no idea.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What college do Willy and Mr. Goodrich pass on the way to the courthouse?

2. Why can't Willy get a doctor to look at her mother?

3. What does Willy say about her mother?

4. What does Horace suggest that Willy say about having no money?

5. Where does Willy find Uncle Jack?

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