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

2. What does Willy drop on the beach near her boat?
(a) The message from Captain Ivers.
(b) The dress.
(c) The coat.
(d) The shoes.

3. Where is Freeman the cow kept?
(a) In the barn right next to the house.
(b) In the pasture that lies fallow.
(c) In what Willy calls a salt marsh.
(d) It wanders around the farm where it wants to go.

4. What does Willy's mother tell her to do instead of watching who's passing by the house?
(a) Feed the chickens.
(b) Gather eggs.
(c) Weed the garden.
(d) Milk the cow.

5. About what is Willy afraid?
(a) Captain Ivers will force her back into slavery.
(b) Willy's mother is searching for her.
(c) Mrs. Ivers will treat her badly.
(d) Her family's farm will be lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Willy go after milking the cow?

2. What does Willy help a young boy do?

3. What does Willy promise to Betsy that she will do?

4. Why do Willy and her mother run toward the cow?

5. What are Willy's first words to a British soldier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Willy's father say about seeing the British ships in the bay?

3. Who is the boy whom Willy helps? What do they do?

4. How does Willy get into the Fort?

5. Describe the first encounter between Willy and the Ivers.

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

7. Why is it lucky that Willy's uncle Jack is at home?

8. How does Granny Hyde offer to help Willy?

9. What questions does Captain Ivers ask Willy? What worries Willy about his questions?

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

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