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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. Where does Willy think her mother might be taken?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) England.
(d) Bermuda.

2. Who are Jordan and Lucy?
(a) Willy's parents.
(b) Willy's siblings.
(c) Willy's grandparents.
(d) Willy's aunt and uncle.

3. Why does Jordan want Willy to go with him to the woods near the fort?
(a) To hold the horse while Jordan runs to the fort to give a message.
(b) To witness how awful war is.
(c) To bring the horse back home.
(d) To take a messag to Colonel Ledyard.

4. Why does Willy sit down at home to wait?
(a) She is tired.
(b) Her mother left her a note telling to wait for her.
(c) She figures her mother will be home soon.
(d) Their is still a lot of fighting going on.

5. What does Willy learn that the neighbors thought about Willy?
(a) She had run off with the British.
(b) She had been kidnapped.
(c) She was hiding in the woods.
(d) She had been killed in the fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willy distract her captives?

2. Why does Willy build a fire?

3. What does Willy encounter as she is sailing toward New York?

4. Who arrives while Willy is waiting for her mother?

5. Why does William mistake Willy for a boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Willy's entry into the fort.

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

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

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

6. What are some of the choices Willy thinks about concerning what to do next?

7. How does Willy escape the American raiding party?

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

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

10. What happens when a British soldier finds Willy?

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