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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. Why does Willy end up telling Mr. Fraunces the entire truth of her past?
(a) She gets too entangled in her lies.
(b) She feels hopeless.
(c) She decides she trusts him.
(d) He forces her to at knifepoint.

2. What does Willy fear Mr. Fraunces will do with her?
(a) Turn her over to the British.
(b) Give her back to Captain Ivers.
(c) Turn her into the New York militia.
(d) Make her a slave.

3. Where does Horace suggest they get a meal?
(a) In a inn that sailors frequent.
(b) In the kitchen at the Queen's Head.
(c) On the wharf.
(d) At the boarding house where he stays.

4. What does Aunt Betsy realize that Uncle Jack does not?
(a) Willy is willing to risk capture.
(b) Willy must see her mother.
(c) Willy has become very mature.
(d) Lucy might live if she sees Willy.

5. Whom does Willy go to see for help?
(a) No one.
(b) Mr. Goodrich.
(c) The Ledyards.
(d) The local constable.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willy want to get into New York?

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

3. Who brings Lucy to Stratton?

4. What does Willy try to do at first when speaking to Mr. Fraunces?

5. Why doesn't Willy go to help get her uncle out of jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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