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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 did Mister Hallahan ask Isabel?
(a) Where she was hired from.
(b) Where she learned to cook.
(c) What her sister's name was.
(d) If she liked working at the laundry.

2. What did Aberdeen say he was going to do after the war was over?
(a) Start a family.
(b) Go to Jamacia.
(c) Go to Scotland.
(d) Help free more slaves.

3. What did the British deserter in the woods say that he had been ordered to do?
(a) Bury dead fugitive slaves.
(b) Spy on the Continentals.
(c) Force out sick fugitive slaves.
(d) Shoot fugitive slaves.

4. Who was Miss Marrow?
(a) A seamstress.
(b) A laundry worker.
(c) A spy.
(d) A cook.

5. How did the men in Curzon's company treat Ruth and Isabel?
(a) With forced politeness.
(b) With cruelty and disrespect.
(c) They mostly ignored Ruth and Isabel.
(d) With respect and warmth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Isabel find Aberdeen while working at the army camp?

2. What confused Isabel the morning that the army moved out of Williamsburg?

3. How did Isabel convince Ruth to leave the laundry?

4. Why could Aberdeen not convince Ruth to run away with him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Isabel cheered by Kate and Elspeth's frustration at the extra work they had to do after the storm?

2. Why did Isabel think digging the trench was a bad idea?

3. Why did Isabel tell Widow Hallahan that Ruth had been shoveling donkey dung?

4. Why did Isabel decide that she and Ruth could not travel with the women of the army?

5. Why was the British soldier in the woods deserting his army?

6. Why did Mister Hallahan not pay Isabel for her work in the tavern?

7. What did Isabel mean when she said, "We had been forced back into war for our liberty" (151)?

8. Why were many of the men in Curzon's company from Rhode Island?

9. How did Missus Serafina's advice help Isabel mend her relationship with Ruth?

10. How did Isabel's feelings towards Aberdeen change by the time she encountered him hiding in the bushes?

(see the answer keys)

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