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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Williamsburg different from cities like Philadelphia and New York?
(a) It was smaller.
(b) It had more farms.
(c) It was cleaner.
(d) It was bigger.

2. Why did Walter and Serafina have no family at Riverbend?
(a) All of their family members had been sold to other plantations.
(b) They never had children.
(c) Their children had died, and their grandchildren had been sold to other plantations.
(d) All of their family members had died.

3. Where did Isabel and Curzon hide to survey Riverbend when they first arrived?
(a) In a tree.
(b) In tall grasses.
(c) Behind a log.
(d) In a hayloft.

4. Why was Isabel suspicious of Aberdeen when she and Ruth spent their day off from the laundry with him?
(a) Because he had a lot of money.
(b) Because he was laughing nervously.
(c) Because he would not look her in the eyes.
(d) Because he kept wringing his hands.

5. What led Isabel to believe that Mister Hallahan had destroyed their free papers?
(a) The muddy boot prints matched his boots exactly.
(b) Ruth told Isabel that Mister Hallahan had done it.
(c) Isabel overheard Mister Hallahan talking with Widow Hallahan about burning the papers.
(d) He often had ink on his hands, and there had been ink stains on the scraps of their free papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter I, what were the soldiers by the milestone talking about?

2. Why did the soldiers of Curzon's company think that Isabel and Ruth had been separated from Curzon?

3. In Chapter I, why did Isabel want to move closer to the milestone?

4. What kind of condition was Aberdeen in when Ruth unknowingly led Isabel to him?

5. Which of these jobs at the laundry belonged to Isabel?

(see the answer key)

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