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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willy discover when she scouts the area?
(a) The horse has been stolen.
(b) Someone has buried her father.
(c) The bay is filled with British ships.
(d) There are only a few people left in the village.

2. Who comes in the house and demands to know who Willy is?
(a) Colonel Breechton.
(b) Captain Paine.
(c) Mrs. Ivers.
(d) No one.

3. What does Willy say she wants to do when questioned by Betsy?
(a) Move to Canada.
(b) Stay with Betsy.
(c) Travel to New York.
(d) Go back home.

4. Where is the likely place for a battle between the British and Americans?
(a) In a valley about forty miles away.
(b) The fort near Willy's home.
(c) Nowhere near the area of Willy's home.
(d) Near the coast about 100 miles from Willy's home.

5. Why does Willy build a fire?
(a) To get warm.
(b) To roast some deer meat the old black man gave her.
(c) To roast a rabbit she caught.
(d) To roast some potatoes.

6. What does Willy say is not a good idea to her aunt?
(a) Going back to her family's farm.
(b) Going to New York.
(c) Staying with them.
(d) Changing into a dress.

7. Why is Jordan happy about his horse?
(a) The horse is over a bout of colic.
(b) The black men did not find it.
(c) The horse is pregnant.
(d) The horse is no longer lame.

8. What does Captain Ivers ask Willy when he first sees her?
(a) If she can cook.
(b) If she is with the British forces.
(c) If she is a runaway.
(d) If she is interested in joining the army.

9. Who is Captain Ivers?
(a) Jack's brother.
(b) A British officer who accosts Willy.
(c) Betsy's owner.
(d) Betsy's brother.

10. Who are the two men that Willy and her mother encounter?
(a) Willy's father and uncle.
(b) The neighbors to the South and West.
(c) Willy's father and his good friend.
(d) Members of the Third New Jersey Volunteers.

11. Who are Jordan and Lucy?
(a) Willy's grandparents.
(b) Willy's parents.
(c) Willy's siblings.
(d) Willy's aunt and uncle.

12. What does Willy learn about her mother?
(a) The British took her.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She went to retrieve her husband's body.
(d) She went to the Ledyard home.

13. What message do the British send to the fort?
(a) A demand for their British prisoners.
(b) A demand for their surrender.
(c) They do not send a note.
(d) An offer to let the women and children leave the fort.

14. Where does Willy find her mother after leaving the fort?
(a) At the Ledyard home.
(b) At the cemetery.
(c) At home.
(d) She doesn't.

15. Who tells Willy to gather up her possessions and come to Granny's home?
(a) Willy's mother.
(b) Mrs. Ledyard.
(c) Granny Hyde.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willy's mother say about Willy's dress?

2. What does Lucy tell two black men to take with them?

3. What does Captain Ivers order Willy to do?

4. What is one of Willy's daily jobs?

5. What does Willy do immediately after her visitor leaves?

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