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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what month is there word that the British have officially lost the war?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) December.
2. What does Willy say about her mother?
(a) She would not have recognized her if she had not known that it was her mother.
(b) She does not look like she is dying.
(c) Her mother will live if Willy can care for her.
(d) Willy is proud of her mother for surviving.
3. What does Willy scream at Captain Ivers?
(a) He allowed her mother to die.
(b) He is Satan.
(c) He is responsible for the lives of his slaves.
(d) He is not her owner.
4. What is the woman like whom Willy and Horace first encounter in Canvas Town?
(a) She is a nun.
(b) She is very old.
(c) She is young and pretty.
(d) She has been brutally beaten.
5. What does Horace say is the key to telling lies?
(a) The liar has to appear lower in the eyes of the listener.
(b) The liar has to believe the lie.
(c) The liar should not look at the listener's eyes.
(d) The liar should look directly into the listener's eyes.
6. How does Horace end up going with Willy to Canvas Town?
(a) She suggests he is too scared to go with her.
(b) Mr. Fraunces tells him to go with Willy.
(c) She pays him her weekly salary.
(d) She begs him while crying.
7. What does Horace think about Willy that is not true?
(a) Willy is a runaway slave.
(b) Willy really has some money.
(c) Willy is a boy.
(d) Nothing.
8. What does Willy do on the ship on the way to the Coast?
(a) Writes.
(b) Polishes railings.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Sews.
9. What does Willy notice about the Queen's Head?
(a) It is dirty and dark.
(b) It is well kept.
(c) It is built of stone.
(d) It has multiple chimneys.
10. What does Mr. Goodrich urge Willy to do?
(a) Go to her mother immediately.
(b) Contact him if she finds herself in trouble.
(c) Stay in New York since her mother will probably be dead before she gets to her.
(d) Take Horace for safety.
11. Why does Willy think she should search Canvas Town?
(a) Some of the women who are homeless end up in Canvas Town.
(b) Mr. Fraunces suggests that she do so.
(c) She would be safe there.
(d) Someone saw a group of black women there.
12. Why does Mr. Fraunces pay Willy and Horace?
(a) He lost a court case.
(b) His conscience forces him to do so.
(c) They are free people.
(d) He feels sorry for them.
13. Who is Elizur Goodrich?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A baker.
(d) A doctor.
14. 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 asks.
(c) He figures it out when she wants to swim away from him.
(d) He appears naked in front of her after a swim.
15. Why doesn't Willy go to help get her uncle out of jail?
(a) She is afraid of being enslaved.
(b) The lawyer says she could come if she had some money.
(c) She has no decent clothes to wear.
(d) The lawyer does not want her to do so.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom does Willy go to see for help?
2. What does Willy do when she is sent to buy sweets for the tavern?
3. Whom does Willy mention when Mr. Fraunces questions her?
4. Where does Aunt Betsy take Willy?
5. For whom does Horace work?
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