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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Willy a ride at one point on her travel?
(a) A black family headed for New York in a wagon.
(b) An old black man hauling potatoes.
(c) A wounded black man in a wagon.
(d) No one.

2. Where is Jordan at the moment?
(a) Fishing on the bay.
(b) In town seeing a doctor.
(c) Planting the fields.
(d) Drilling with an American regiment.

3. What is one of Willy's daily jobs?
(a) To check the fences.
(b) To mend the family's clothes.
(c) To clean out the barn.
(d) To take the mild to the Ledyard family.

4. What word does Willy hear when she gets back to the horse?
(a) Spy.
(b) Git.
(c) Boy.
(d) Freeze.

5. What suddenly frightens Willy as she is about to milk the cow?
(a) A wolf.
(b) The sound of a woman screaming.
(c) The whine of a cannonball.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jordan after Colonel Ledyard surrenders?

2. Why can't Willy do one of her daily chores today?

3. What does Willy think about instead of her father?

4. What do the two black men urge Lucy and Willy to do?

5. Who is Colonel Ledyard?

(see the answer key)

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