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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. Where does Madam Lockton send Isabel?
(a) To the water hole.
(b) To fetch her father.
(c) To a solicitor's office.
(d) To the bakery.

2. What do the New York couple who are in town for business do?
(a) Buy Isabel and Ruth.
(b) File a legal petition on behalf of Isabel and Ruth.
(c) Try to convince Robert to set Isabel and Ruth free.
(d) Donate money to the local rebel movement.

3. Where is the opening of the novel set?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Vermont.

4. What does Mr. Lockton tell Isabel to do when he is entertaining some friends?
(a) Clean all the cloaks of the guests.
(b) Keep Ruth out of the way.
(c) Entertain the children of his guests.
(d) Serve them food and drink.

5. What does Miss Finch's nephew say about Miss Finch's will?
(a) It is being contested.
(b) Miss Finch changed her will leaving Ruth and Isabel to her nephew.
(c) It says nothing about setting Isabel and Ruth free.
(d) It cannot be found.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes knocking on the Lockton's door the next morning?

2. Why does Isabel think Bellingham is not the person to go to with information?

3. What does Ruth seem to not understand?

4. What help does Isabel ask of the pastor?

5. What does Colonel Regen ask Isabel to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Isabel goes and talks to Colonel Regen?

2. What does Madam Lockton convince the soldiers to do and how does she seems about everything else being searched?

3. How does Isabel feel about Ruth's assigned role in the household?

4. What surprises Isabel when she goes to bring Lady Seymour back to the Lockton home?

5. What are Isabel and Ruth doing in the funeral procession, and what is important about the day for them?

6. About what does Becky warn Isabel?

7. Who does Isabel take the list she stole to and why does she choose that person?

8. What does Miss Finch's nephew do with Isabel and Ruth and who tries to intervene?

9. What worries Isabel about Ruth being around Mrs. Lockton regularly?

10. How does Ruth act about the fall she has in the kitchen, and what does Ruth not seem to understand?

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