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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do most people say about the female prisoners on the ships?
(a) They will be the last to be released.
(b) They were not brought back from England.
(c) They were left in Virginia.
(d) There are none.

4. What is Mr. Fraunces' response to Willy's tale about her past?
(a) He offers her a job at the tavern.
(b) He says she should go back to her family's farm.
(c) He says he does not believe her.
(d) He says she should start wearing dresses.

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

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

7. To whom does Willy know she should write?
(a) Captain Ivers.
(b) No one.
(c) Mrs. Ledyard.
(d) Aunt Betsy.

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

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

10. Why does Willy say she has no money to get to New York?
(a) She gave it to a blind beggar.
(b) She dropped in when getting off a ship.
(c) She is a runaway slave.
(d) It was stolen.

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

12. What does Willy notice about the Queen's Head?
(a) It is dirty and dark.
(b) It is built of stone.
(c) It is well kept.
(d) It has multiple chimneys.

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

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

15. What else does Mr. Fraunces say Willy can do in New York?
(a) Sell flowers on the corner.
(b) Be a chimney sweep.
(c) Spy on the British.
(d) Search for her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jack in trouble with Captain Ivers?

2. Where had Lucy been during the Revolutionary War?

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

4. What example set by Horace does Willy say she'll do?

5. Why is Willy hesitant about pursuing the information Mr. Goodrich brings?

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