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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. Who has told Willy's uncle about New York?
(a) No one.
(b) Colonel Breechton.
(c) Captain Ivers.
(d) Sam Fraunces.

2. What does Jordan have to avoid when he goes to warn the Americans?
(a) The British rear guard.
(b) The British front lines.
(c) Musket fire and cannon balls.
(d) Native American scouts.

3. Who comes in the house and demands to know who Willy is?
(a) Captain Paine.
(b) Mrs. Ivers.
(c) Colonel Breechton.
(d) No one.

4. What does Willy's mother say is safer for Jordan than fighting?
(a) Fishing on the bay.
(b) Being a slave.
(c) Being a messenger for the American officers.
(d) Waiting on the American generals.

5. How will Willy get where she is going?
(a) Walking.
(b) The wagon.
(c) The horse.
(d) Her father's boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willy do immediately after her visitor leaves?

2. Who passes by Willy's house?

3. What does Captain Ivers ask Willy when he first sees her?

4. Jordan warns the Americans about _____________.

5. Who does Willy see when she wakes from her faint?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Willy's first meeting with her aunt Betsy.

2. How does Willy escape the American raiding party?

3. What is a daily chore Willy must perform, and why does her mother tell her to skip it that day?

4. What does Willy say about black men in the British army, and how do the two soldiers respond?

5. How does the Freeman family obtain a cow, and what does it symbolize to Lucy?

6. What does Willy tell her aunt she wants to do, and how does the aunt respond?

7. Describe Willy's entry into the fort.

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

9. What angers Willy the following day?

10. Who is Granny Hyde, and what does she tell Willy?

(see the answer keys)

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