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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. How does Willy get into the fort?
(a) She does not go to the fort.
(b) Through the back gate.
(c) Holding onto a rope that her father pulls up.
(d) By making the horse jump the small outer wall.

2. Who arrives while Willy is waiting for her mother?
(a) Mrs. Ledyard.
(b) Granny Hyde.
(c) William Latham.
(d) Jordan.

3. What does Willy's mother say about Willy's dress?
(a) She has to change from it into her milking britches.
(b) She has to patch the sleeve.
(c) She has almost outgrown the dress.
(d) She needs to fix the hem.

4. Who passes by Willy's house?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) Indians.
(c) A group of slaves.
(d) British soldiers.

5. Why does the soldier that grabs Willy laugh?
(a) He thinks she is using potatoes to look like a girl.
(b) She is so skinny.
(c) He does not laugh.
(d) He thinks she is crazy to be searching for her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willy say to the two black men?

2. Who is Captain Ivers?

3. What does Willy learn about her mother?

4. What do the British do when Colonel Ledyard surrenders?

5. Why does Willy fear for her father's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Jack and his family no longer slaves?

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

3. Describe Willy's entry into the fort.

4. Describe the debate Willy has in her head concerning being an American versus a British subject.

5. What happens when a British soldier finds Willy?

6. What noise do Willy and Lucy hear, and what is the cause of the noise?

7. Why does Willy end up staying in the fort during the fighting, and what does she do?

8. How do the British treat the Americans after the Americans surrender?

9. What does Lucy ask of her husband? How does he respond?

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

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