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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 Willy try to do at first when speaking to Mr. Fraunces?
(a) Cry to get his sympathy.
(b) Lie completely.
(c) Tell him half truths.
(d) Refuse to talk.

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

3. How do people make temporary housing in Canvas Town?
(a) Stacking bales of straw.
(b) They just sleep out in the open.
(c) Stretching sailcloth.
(d) Stacking piles of wood.

4. Why is Horace uncomfortable?
(a) He just realized Willy is a girl.
(b) The cook teases him about a girl down the street.
(c) He is unsure how Mr. Fraunces will react to Willy.
(d) His mother admonishes him about bringing strangers home.

5. What do most people say about the female prisoners on the ships?
(a) They were left in Virginia.
(b) They were not brought back from England.
(c) There are none.
(d) They will be the last to be released.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Willy and Horace share since arriving at the tavern?

2. Who is Horace?

3. Why is the judge angry at Captain Ivers?

4. Why does Mr. Fraunces pay Willy and Horace?

5. What college do Willy and Mr. Goodrich pass on the way to the courthouse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Canvas Town.

3. What happens that makes Willy hang up a horse blanket in her part of the loft where she sleeps?

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

5. Why does Willy want to go to Canvas Town and how does she trick Horace in going with her?

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

7. What does Willy learn about her mother's last three years?

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

9. What does Willy learn from the woman when Willy returns to Canvas Town with some money?

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

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