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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter XXIX, what did Ruth think that Isabel was planning to do to her?
(a) Send her to live with Aberdeen.
(b) Hurt her.
(c) Leave her alone in the woods.
(d) Send her back to Riverbend.

2. What job did Ruth do much better at than Isabel thought she would when working for the army?
(a) Washing clothes.
(b) Fetching water.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Cooking beef.

3. What chronic disease did Ruth have?
(a) A disease that made it difficult for her to walk.
(b) A disease that made her see things that were not there.
(c) A disease that made her fall and have fits.
(d) A disease that made it difficult for her to breathe.

4. Who did the woman at the hospital think that Ruth and Isabel were?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Runaway slaves.
(c) Wives of soldiers.
(d) Workers there to pick up dirty laundry.

5. Which of the following was NOT a way that the British troops disrespected the Patriots during their surrender?
(a) Spitting in the ground in front of General Washington.
(b) Marching with their backs to the Patriots.
(c) Playing music badly.
(d) Arriving late.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Isabel excited to hear Ruth's story about racing crabs?

2. What advice did Isabel receive from the short serving woman she met on the main street of Williamsburg?

3. What was Isabel's "surprise" (248) for Curzon?

4. Why was Ruth saddened by the firing of the cannons?

5. Why did Serafina have Ruth and Aberdeen hide in the hayloft with Isabel and Curzon?

(see the answer key)

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