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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 rumor did Captain Ivers spread?
(a) Willy stole from him the last time she was here.
(b) Willy's father is still alive.
(c) He bought Willy from Colonel Ledyard.
(d) Willy is free but owes him money for that freedom.

2. Why can't Willy get a doctor to look at her mother?
(a) The area doctor is killed in the war.
(b) Captain Ivers has forbidden it.
(c) No doctor would attend a black person.
(d) The closest doctor is fifty miles away.

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

4. Why is Jack in trouble with Captain Ivers?
(a) For hitting the Captain.
(b) For lying.
(c) For keeping Lucy in the cellar.
(d) For leaving the estate to travel to New York.

5. How does Willy want to get into New York?
(a) By ferry.
(b) Crossing on a bridge.
(c) Circling around to the north and walking in on foot.
(d) She has no idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have passed since the battle that kills Willy's father?

2. Why does Willy think she should search Canvas Town?

3. Where do the cooks send Willy for tarts or other sweets?

4. What are in abundance at Canvas Town?

5. Where had Lucy been during the Revolutionary War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willy learn from a woman to whom she speaks in Canvas Town?

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

3. Why does Mr. Fraunces pay both Willy and Horace, and why does Willy have trouble saving her pay?

4. How does Mr. Fraunces respond to what Willy tells him?

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

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

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

8. What happens that makes Horace uncomfortable when he takes Willy to the kitchen of the Queen's Head for a meal?

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

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

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