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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 do the slaves say will happen if the British win the war?
(a) They will be freed.
(b) They will be treated worse.
(c) They will be treated better.
(d) They will never be freed.

2. How does Isabel get out of her room?
(a) Crawling on the floor.
(b) Jumping out the window.
(c) Knotting sheets and hanging them out the window.
(d) She was sleeping on the front porch so is out of the house.

3. How many soldiers are staying at Lady Seymour's home?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

4. Why does Isabel say she wants to get away from her owners?
(a) They are Patriots.
(b) They plan to move back to England and take her.
(c) They are abusive.
(d) She wants to find her sister.

5. What happens one morning when Isabel arrives at the prison?
(a) The guard tells her she will no longer be allowed inside.
(b) She is relieved of all the food she brought to the prisoners.
(c) She passes a cell which holds Mr. Bellingham.
(d) She is met by Colonel Regen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Isabel make it easier to sneak off to the prison?

2. How has Isabel's situation improved?

3. What does Madam Lockton discover?

4. What does Bellingham promise Curzon for serving as a soldier?

5. Why does Mrs. Lockton order Isabel into the middle of the skirmishes between the British and the Patriots?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Isabel wakes the morning after eating the cookies and milk when she looks for Ruth?

2. What gives Isabel a chance to go to the prison more easily?

3. Where is Isabel when she is finally is alert after her branding, and why can't Isabel stay there?

4. How does Isabel save Lady Seymour's life?

5. Describe Isabel's experience at the book store.

6. To what horror does Isabel awaken one morning and how is Lady Seymour responding to the emergency?

7. What happens after Isabel returns with Mr. Lockton from the docks?

8. What happens on Sunday that has Madam Lockton elated?

9. What does Isabel take to the prisoners, and why is she allowed to do so?

10. Why do Isabel's days become a little easier?

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