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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willy start doing once everyone knows she is a girl?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Taking advantage of Horace's protectiveness.
(d) Wearing female clothing again.

2. What does Horace say Willy needs to improve?
(a) Her stamina.
(b) Her ability to lie convincingly.
(c) Her accent.
(d) Her riding abilities.

3. What does Willy decide to pretend?
(a) She is a boy.
(b) She can return home whenever she wants.
(c) Her family lives in the city.
(d) Her father is still alive.

4. When do the British finally leave New York?
(a) The next Fall.
(b) Not until the next winter.
(c) Right after their surrender.
(d) Summer.

5. What are being used to house prisoners?
(a) Homes of people loyal to England.
(b) Warehouses at the wharf.
(c) The insane asylums.
(d) Churches and sugar houses.

6. What does Horace say is the key to telling lies?
(a) The liar has to believe the lie.
(b) The liar should not look at the listener's eyes.
(c) The liar has to appear lower in the eyes of the listener.
(d) The liar should look directly into the listener's eyes.

7. Why does Willy hang a horse blanket in the loft?
(a) As decoration.
(b) She catches Horaces peeking at her while she is dressing.
(c) To help keep the loft warm.
(d) To block out the light from the stables.

8. What does Willy try to do at first when speaking to Mr. Fraunces?
(a) Cry to get his sympathy.
(b) Tell him half truths.
(c) Lie completely.
(d) Refuse to talk.

9. What does the woman want in exchange for more information about Willy's mother?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) A job at the Queen's Head.
(d) Willy's necklace.

10. What is the "Queen's Head"?
(a) A promontory near what is now Ellis Island.
(b) The tavern Mr. Fraunces owns.
(c) A boarding room for young black females.
(d) A promontory on the Hudson River.

11. How does Horace end up going with Willy to Canvas Town?
(a) Mr. Fraunces tells him to go with Willy.
(b) She suggests he is too scared to go with her.
(c) She begs him while crying.
(d) She pays him her weekly salary.

12. To whom does Willy know she should write?
(a) Aunt Betsy.
(b) Mrs. Ledyard.
(c) Captain Ivers.
(d) No one.

13. What is a Canvas Town?
(a) A town about forty miles north of New York City.
(b) A town about twenty miles south of New York City.
(c) A burned area in New York City.
(d) An area where the British soldiers are housed.

14. Why can't Willy get a doctor to look at her mother?
(a) No doctor would attend a black person.
(b) The closest doctor is fifty miles away.
(c) The area doctor is killed in the war.
(d) Captain Ivers has forbidden it.

15. What do Willy and Horace share since arriving at the tavern?
(a) The duties at the tavern.
(b) A horse.
(c) Money.
(d) The loft for sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Fraunces pay Willy and Horace?

2. What do most people say about the female prisoners on the ships?

3. Why doesn't Willy go to help get her uncle out of jail?

4. Where does Aunt Betsy take Willy?

5. Why does Mr. Fraunces send Willy to the docks?

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