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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. Why did Isabel tell Ruth that she had ruined everything?
(a) Because she thought Ruth disturbed the seeds she had been saving.
(b) Because Ruth ran away and Isabel had been worried.
(c) Because she thought Ruth let someone in who burned their free papers.
(d) Because she thought Ruth burned their free papers.

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

3. Which of these jobs at the laundry belonged to Isabel?
(a) Ironing clothes.
(b) Making deliveries.
(c) Mending clothes.
(d) Chopping firewood.

4. What weapon did Isabel bring to defend herself and Ruth when leaving Williamburg?
(a) A knife.
(b) Washing bats.
(c) A gun.
(d) A hatchet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Isabel and Ruth bury the bodies they found in the woods?

2. Who were the "camp followers"?

3. Why did Ruth learn all of the army companies' flags?

4. Why did Isabel and Curzon decide to part ways in Williamburg?

5. Who was Sibby?

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 was Aberdeen curious about Isabel favoring the British?

3. What kind of person was Miss Marrow?

4. Why did Isabel believe it was foolish for Curzon to support the Patriots?

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

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

7. What did Isabel mean when she said, "I am my own army" (126)?

8. Why was Ebeneezer angry with Curzon?

9. Why did Isabel say that her purpose was to find Ruth some gingerbread?

10. Why was Isabel grateful that Ruth did not say anything in the presence of Sergeant Armstrong?

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