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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 does Mr. Fraunces tell Willy about the tavern?
(a) He is expanding.
(b) He is selling it.
(c) He is taking on a new manager.
(d) She is welcome to return there any time.

2. Why does Willy think she should search Canvas Town?
(a) She would be safe there.
(b) Some of the women who are homeless end up in Canvas Town.
(c) Mr. Fraunces suggests that she do so.
(d) Someone saw a group of black women there.

3. For whom does Horace work?
(a) General Cornwallis.
(b) Sam Fraunces.
(c) Willy's uncle Jack.
(d) Captain Ivers.

4. How does the boy suggest Willy get into the city?
(a) Hide in his pile of wood.
(b) Hold on to the underside of the wagon.
(c) Hide in the straw bales.
(d) Hide in the pile of furs.

5. What does Willy learn from the woman she first encounters in Canvas Town?
(a) Willy's mother had been there but was traveling home.
(b) Her mother has married a British soldier.
(c) Her mother works in the rich section of New York.
(d) The woman knows Willy's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are in abundance at Canvas Town?

2. Where does Horace suggest they get a meal?

3. Who is Elizur Goodrich?

4. What is the young boy who offers Willy a ride carrying?

5. Mr. Goodrich says he can help Willy with _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Willy get a letter written to her aunt Betsy?

2. How do the British treat the American prisoners who are disembarking from the prison ships?

3. What tips does Horace give Willy about lying when Willy lies about why she has no money?

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

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

6. What does Willy have to decide about seeing her mother, and why might it be dangerous?

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

8. Why does Mr. Fraunces send Willy to the dock in April?

9. Why does Willy decide to stay dressed in britches?

10. How does Horace suggest Willy get into New York City?

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