View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of rumors are flying about in Chapter 11?
(a) George Washington is dead.
(b) King George is coming to America.
(c) The British have won the war.
(d) The war is about to end.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the young boy who offers Willy a ride carrying?
(a) Stacks of furs.
(b) Bales of straw.
(c) Kegs of ale.
(d) Wood.

10. Where had Lucy been during the Revolutionary War?
(a) Working in England after being transported there.
(b) Working in a British prisoner camp outside of New York.
(c) Hiding out near where her husband had been killed.
(d) Working on board a British ship.

11. Where does Willy think Mr. Fraunces' loyalties might lie?
(a) She has no idea.
(b) With the Americans.
(c) With the British.
(d) With slave owners such as Captain Ivers.

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

13. Why is Jack in trouble with Captain Ivers?
(a) For hitting the Captain.
(b) For lying.
(c) For keeping Lucy in the cellar.
(d) For leaving the estate to travel to New York.

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

15. How do people make temporary housing in Canvas Town?
(a) Stretching sailcloth.
(b) Stacking bales of straw.
(c) They just sleep out in the open.
(d) Stacking piles of wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does Mr. Fraunces say Willy can do in New York?

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

3. Where do the cooks send Willy for tarts or other sweets?

4. What does Horace say Willy needs to improve?

5. Where does Aunt Betsy take Willy?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 592 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample