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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 else does Mr. Fraunces say Willy can do in New York?
(a) Search for her mother.
(b) Spy on the British.
(c) Be a chimney sweep.
(d) Sell flowers on the corner.

2. How many years have passed since the battle that kills Willy's father?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

4. What does Willy decide to pretend?
(a) She is a boy.
(b) She can return home whenever she wants.
(c) Her father is still alive.
(d) Her family lives in the city.

5. Why does Mr. Fraunces send Willy to the docks?
(a) To buy fish.
(b) To find a British officer who is a friend of Mr. Fraunces.
(c) To look for her mother.
(d) To draw a picture of the surrender of the British.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willy feel in her home at the tavern?

2. Whom does Willy go to see for help?

3. Where does Willy think Mr. Fraunces' loyalties might lie?

4. What is the "Queen's Head"?

5. Why does Willy hang a horse blanket in the loft?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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