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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. When do the British finally leave New York?
(a) Summer.
(b) Right after their surrender.
(c) Not until the next winter.
(d) The next Fall.

2. In what month is there word that the British have officially lost the war?
(a) March.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) December.

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

4. How does Horace end up going with Willy to Canvas Town?
(a) She begs him while crying.
(b) Mr. Fraunces tells him to go with Willy.
(c) She suggests he is too scared to go with her.
(d) She pays him her weekly salary.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What else does Mr. Fraunces say Willy can do in New York?

4. What does Willy do on the ship on the way to the Coast?

5. Whom does Willy mention when Mr. Fraunces questions her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Canvas Town.

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

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

4. How does Mr. Goodrich question Willy concerning her freedom papers, and what does he urge her to do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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