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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 is Mr. Fraunces' response to Willy's tale about her past?
(a) He says she should start wearing dresses.
(b) He says she should go back to her family's farm.
(c) He offers her a job at the tavern.
(d) He says he does not believe her.

2. What does Horace say is the key to telling lies?
(a) The liar has to believe the lie.
(b) The liar has to appear lower in the eyes of the listener.
(c) The liar should look directly into the listener's eyes.
(d) The liar should not look at the listener's eyes.

3. What would stop Willy from reaching the city?
(a) No money for the ferry.
(b) The bridge is held by the British.
(c) She does not know the area well enough to know the best way.
(d) Circling to the North will take a couple days.

4. Why does Willy reveal that she's a girl to Horace?
(a) He appears naked in front of her after a swim.
(b) He figures it out when she wants to swim away from him.
(c) He trys to pressure her to go to the public baths.
(d) He asks.

5. How does Willy feel in her home at the tavern?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Despondent.
(c) Content.
(d) Unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Lucy been during the Revolutionary War?

2. What does Willy scream at Captain Ivers?

3. From where is Mr. Goodrich?

4. What does Willy start doing once everyone knows she is a girl?

5. Who is Horace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening about peace talks starting in April of 1782?

2. What does Willy continue to do in Chapter 11?

3. How does Willy feel about what Mr. Goodrich tells her?

4. What does Mr. Goodrich want when he asks for Willy in the tavern one day?

5. How does Willy get into an uncomfortable situation with Horace because he thinks she is a boy?

6. How does Willy plan to get her letter delivered to her aunt Betsy?

7. What does Willy's Uncle Jack say when Willy finds him in the barn?

8. How does Willy end up telling Mr. Fraunces the entire truth about herself?

9. What is Willy trying to decide in the search for her mother?

10. How long has Willy's father been dead, and how is Willy feeling about her life?

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