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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) She got drunk, fell asleep, and was robbed.
(c) Her mother demanded it for food for her brothers.
(d) She was sick and had to pay for medicine.

2. What are in abundance at Canvas Town?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Italians.
(c) Injured soldiers.
(d) Drunks and poor people.

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

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

5. Where do the cooks send Willy for tarts or other sweets?
(a) The Sweet Tooth.
(b) Mrs. Joseph Connor's shop.
(c) Mr. Joseph Corre's shop.
(d) Mr. Conrad's shop.

6. What does Horace say is the key to telling lies?
(a) The liar has to believe the lie.
(b) The liar should not look at the listener's eyes.
(c) The liar has to appear lower in the eyes of the listener.
(d) The liar should look directly into the listener's eyes.

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

8. 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 an orphan.
(d) He is half white.

9. What is a Canvas Town?
(a) An area where the British soldiers are housed.
(b) A burned area in New York City.
(c) A town about twenty miles south of New York City.
(d) A town about forty miles north of New York City.

10. What does Willy do when she is sent to buy sweets for the tavern?
(a) Studies over how the sweets are made.
(b) Buys herself something also.
(c) Shakes the bag and eats the sugar that falls off the pastries.
(d) Asks to buy the tarts that are malformed for a discount.

11. What does Horace insist upon after learning about Willy being a girl?
(a) Helping her with the heavy work.
(b) Willy wearing a dress.
(c) Helping her cook.
(d) Sleeping in separate areas.

12. Why can't many of the prisoners walk?
(a) They are too weak.
(b) They have lost limbs.
(c) Injuries due to frostbite.
(d) They are not used to moving.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of rumors are flying about in Chapter 11?

2. What is Mr. Fraunces' response to Willy's tale about her past?

3. What does Mr. Fraunces tell Willy about the tavern?

4. Why does Mr. Fraunces pay Willy and Horace?

5. How does Willy want to get into New York?

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