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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example set by Horace does Willy say she'll do?
(a) Say her evening prayers.
(b) Save all her money.
(c) Go to church every Sunday.
(d) Be polite to white folk.

2. What would stop Willy from reaching the city?
(a) No money for the ferry.
(b) Circling to the North will take a couple days.
(c) The bridge is held by the British.
(d) She does not know the area well enough to know the best way.

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

4. Where does Horace suggest they get a meal?
(a) On the wharf.
(b) In the kitchen at the Queen's Head.
(c) At the boarding house where he stays.
(d) In a inn that sailors frequent.

5. What is happening to the prisoners?
(a) They are being taken to England.
(b) They are being dumped into the bay.
(c) They are being set free.
(d) They are being brought back to America from England.

6. Whom does Willy mention when Mr. Fraunces questions her?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Captain Ivers.
(d) Jack Arabus.

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

8. What does Willy learn from the woman she first encounters in Canvas Town?
(a) Her mother has married a British soldier.
(b) The woman knows Willy's mother.
(c) Willy's mother had been there but was traveling home.
(d) Her mother works in the rich section of New York.

9. From where is Mr. Goodrich?
(a) Maine.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Hampshire.

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

11. Who comes in when Willy and Horace are about to eat?
(a) Mr. Fraunces.
(b) The cook.
(c) Two British soldiers.
(d) Two American soldiers.

12. What does Mr. Goodrich tell Willy when he comes to the tavern?
(a) Her mother is in Virginia.
(b) Her mother is with Aunt Betsy.
(c) Her father's farm is being sold.
(d) Her mother died the year before.

13. Why does Willy hang a horse blanket in the loft?
(a) As decoration.
(b) She catches Horaces peeking at her while she is dressing.
(c) To block out the light from the stables.
(d) To help keep the loft warm.

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

15. What does Uncle Jack say when he sees Willy?
(a) She is safe as Captain Ivers is dead.
(b) Willy's mother has been there for several months.
(c) She is in danger.
(d) Mrs. Ledyard verified Willy's freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willy fear about the woman in Canvas Town?

2. What does Mr. Goodrich urge Willy to do?

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

4. Why does Willy reveal that she's a girl to Horace?

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

(see the answer keys)

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