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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colonel Ledyard do that is not required of him?
(a) Frees all his slaves.
(b) Joins the American forces.
(c) Works as a spy for the British.
(d) Frees the entire Freeman family.

2. What does Willy learn about her mother?
(a) She went to retrieve her husband's body.
(b) She went to the Ledyard home.
(c) She is dead.
(d) The British took her.

3. Why does Betsy cry when Willy is talking with her?
(a) She does not cry.
(b) Over what has happened to Lucy.
(c) Because Willy is so sad.
(d) Because they will probably have to leave their home.

4. Who is Captain Ivers?
(a) Jack's brother.
(b) Betsy's brother.
(c) A British officer who accosts Willy.
(d) Betsy's owner.

5. Where does Willy decide she should go?
(a) To New York.
(b) To Philadelphia.
(c) To Washington.
(d) To Stratford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two men say to Willy and her mother?

2. In what village is the Fort located?

3. Why does Willy build a fire?

4. What is in Baker's Cove?

5. What does Willy's mother say about Willy's dress?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Willy's entry into the fort.

2. What does Willy do after leaving the fort?

3. How does Willy escape the American raiding party?

4. How does Willy slip away from the Ivers' household? Where does she go?

5. What prompts Willy to ride for the fort?

6. What angers Willy the following day?

7. Why does Willy wish her father were home. and what does her mother say to that wish?

8. How does Granny Hyde offer to help Willy?

9. How does Willy describe her memory of the day before the battle at Fort Griswold?

10. How does Willy get into the Fort?

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