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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 caused Ruth's fever?
(a) A snakebite.
(b) Cold weather.
(c) Eating rotten food.
(d) An infection in her foot.

2. What made Isabel most nervous about working at the laundry?
(a) She did not trust Ruth to deliver laundry by herself.
(b) She did not like being away from Curzon.
(c) She did not think she was capable of doing the work.
(d) She thought Widow Hallahan would sell them back into slavery.

3. At Riverbend, why did Isabel climb out of the tree in a rush?
(a) Because she thought she saw her mother.
(b) Because she thought she saw a snake.
(c) Because she thought the slaves at Riverbend could tell her where her sister was.
(d) Because she thought she saw her sister.

4. How did Curzon disturb the rattlesnake?
(a) By stepping on it.
(b) By pushing over a log.
(c) By yelling.
(d) By accidentally putting his hand on it.

5. What did Widow Hallahan offer Isabel in exchange for her work?
(a) Two meals a day and new clothes.
(b) Three meals a day.
(c) Two meals a day and a place to sleep.
(d) Three meals a day and a room for Isabel and Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is Curzon overly afraid of?

3. Isabel, Curzon, Aberdeen and Ruth met some soldiers a few days after Ruth recovered from her illness. What did the soldiers want?

4. Why did Walter speak loudly to the horses?

5. What did Isabel find suspicious when they first arrived in Riverbend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of stories did Isabel tell Ruth while she was sleeping?

2. What did Isabel believe was the worst thing that slave owners did to slaves?

3. How did Isabel and Ruth get jobs at the laundry?

4. How did Curzon help ease tensions upon their arrival at Riverbend?

5. Why did Aberdeen know Ruth better than Isabel did?

6. What advice did Walter give Ruth before leaving her with Isabel, Curzon and Aberdeen?

7. Why did Isabel cry when talking to Serafina?

8. Why did Isabel and Curzon head to Riverbend instead of Charleston to look for Ruth?

9. Why did Isabel see when she looked at Ruth through "a stranger's eyes" (91) in Chapter XVI?

10. How did Anderson illustrate Ruth’s love of animals throughout their time at Riverbend?

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