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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel have to decide after talking to Curzon?
(a) If she can protect her sister or if they have to flee immediately.
(b) If the reward Curzon offers her is worth the risk.
(c) If Curzon is speaking on behalf of Mr. Bellingham.
(d) If Curzon is telling them the truth.

2. What does Mr. Lockton order Isabel to do?
(a) Untie Madam Lockton in two hours.
(b) Come with Mr. Lockton to the docks and get the crate back to the house.
(c) Burn all his papers.
(d) Go and see to his aunt.

3. Why does Madam Lockton send Isabel into a secretive meeting Mr. Lockton is conducting?
(a) To ask Mr. Lockton to come out of the meeting for a moment.
(b) To learn what is going on in the meeting.
(c) To serve refreshments.
(d) To remind Mr. Lockton about his being under suspicion already.

4. What proves harder than expected for the Loyalist?
(a) Bribing Patriots.
(b) Remaining a secret.
(c) Communicating with England.
(d) Gathering more money.

5. What does Isabel do after everyone in the household is asleep?
(a) Steals some food to hide away for an escape.
(b) Steals the list of accomplices.
(c) Steals one of Madam Lockton's scarves to keep for the future.
(d) Goes to find Curzon.

6. What does Bellingham tell the Locktons all Patriots are doing?
(a) Enlisting in the Army.
(b) Going to rallies.
(c) Making sacrifices.
(d) Donating money to the cause.

7. Where does Isabel run to visit?
(a) Her mother's grave.
(b) Her best friend, Iris.
(c) Her grandfather's grave.
(d) Her grandmother.

8. Where does Isabel hope the soldiers will search?
(a) The pantry.
(b) The linen chest.
(c) The armoire.
(d) The flour bin.

9. Under what stipulation does Lockton agree to hand over his money?
(a) That Lockton be granted a knighthood.
(b) That Lockton and his wife leave for England before the assassination takes place.
(c) A list of the conspirator's name written in the Mayor's handwriting.
(d) That Lockton be repaid double when the rebel is put down.

10. What does Curzon explain about Master Lockton?
(a) He is suspected of harboring fugitive slaves.
(b) He is suspected of supporting loyalists.
(c) He is suspected of smuggling slaves into New York.
(d) He is suspected of supplying weapons to Indians.

11. About what do Lockton's guests speak openly?
(a) Their Loyalists ties.
(b) Their desire for independence from England.
(c) The various illegal financial activities in which they engage.
(d) Their getting slaves illegally.

12. What is Mr. Lockton's social standing?
(a) A noble.
(b) A commoner.
(c) He is considered a gentleman.
(d) From the merchant class.

13. Who pleads for the girls' welfare?
(a) Pastor Weeks.
(b) The tavern owner.
(c) The baker's wife.
(d) Miss Finch's gardener.

14. What does Ruth seem to not understand?
(a) That Ruth is ill, not possessed by a devil.
(b) That Madam Lockton has threatened to sell Ruth.
(c) That Isabel is doing all she can to protect Ruth.
(d) That Ruth needs to hide if she feesl a seizure coming on.

15. Who are the Life Guards?
(a) Washington's body guards.
(b) Men who infiltrate Loyalist organizations.
(c) Jefferson's body guards.
(d) Men who roam the streets as a vigilante group.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has already been bribed to turn a blind eye to an assassin?

2. What does Madam Lockton say she will do if Ruth has another seizure?

3. Whose name is brought up as a potential assassination target?

4. From what illness does Ruth suffer?

5. What war seems to be brewing?

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