Who Comes with Cannons? Final Test
  • 1. What is the setting of this story at the beginning?
A) Georgia
B) North Carolina
C) Virginia
D) Kentucky
  • 2. What is the free state where Truth comes from to live with her relatives?
A) Iowa
B) Maine
C) Ohio
D) Indiana
  • 3. At the beginning of the novel, which character thought Truth was a "kettle cousin"?
A) Lydia
B) Martha
C) Robert
D) Todd
  • 4. What is the reason that Truth comes to live with the Bardwell family?
A) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
B) It was summer and she was coming to visit their farm.
C) Truth's father was sick and went to a hospital in California.
D) Her father wanted her to learn how to cook from Aunt Elizabeth.
  • 5. How is Truth's appearance different from the Bardwell family?
A) She has a dark skin complexion.
B) She has curly, blond hair.
C) She wears colorful clothing.
D) She is tall and thin.
  • 6. What was another name used for the Quaker community?
A) The Meetinghouse Members
B) Sons of Liberty
C) Society of Friends
D) People for Freedom
  • 7. What were some family members afraid Truth would find out all about?
A) They had no money and little food.
B) They were slave owners.
C) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
D) They were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) nurse
B) wagon train leader
C) missionary
D) printer
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) Union army soldiers
B) some bullies from her class
C) a runaway slave
D) a pack of angry dogs
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) the loft in the horse stable
B) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
C) an empty closet in the pantry
D) underneath the upstairs bed
  • 11. What news did Perry Gibson bring that marked the beginning of the Civil War?
A) Jefferson Davis was named the Confederate President.
B) Fort Sumter, a Union fort, in South Carolina, was attacked by Southerners
C) The fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
D) The take-over of Vicksburg, Mississippi, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union
  • 12. States began to secede from the Union. What does secede mean?
A) to leave or break away
B) to earn money or donations
C) to argue or complain
D) to join or support
  • 13. What information does Truth receive in a letter?
A) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
B) Her father was coming to the Bardwell farm.
C) Truth was to take the train to California to be with her Pa.
D) Her father had died.
  • 14. Where were Todd and Robert planning to go to avoid war?
A) Europe
B) Canada
C) Mexico
D) Cuba
  • 15. What unusual happening occurred at the meetinghouse?
A) The elders spoke in favor of the war.
B) A woman cried out loud for her husband.
C) Children laughed and made funny faces during the meeting.
D) A young Quaker boy said he was going to fight for the North
  • 16. When Todd escaped and returned home, what injury did he have?
A) a bruise on his back
B) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
C) a broken arm
D) a bullet wound in his leg
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Olive Branch Petition
B) Bill of Rights
C) Declaration of Independence
D) Emancipation Proclamation
  • 18. What early news did the family learn about Robert?
A) He was taken to a Yankee prison in New York.
B) He was definitely killed in the battle at Manassas Junction.
C) He was at Station 9 with a Quaker family.
D) He joined the Confederate Army and fought against the Yankees.
  • 19. What excuse does Uncle Matthew say he will use for going North?
A) He is visiting sick kinfolks.
B) He is seeing a doctor about his inability to speak.
C) He is escorting his niece back to her hometown.
D) He is looking for new clothing made by the Northern factories.
  • 20. Who did Squire say might be able to help Truth carry out her plan?
A) Sojourner Truth
B) Frederick Douglass
C) Harriett Beecher Stowe
D) Crispus Attacks
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Executive Mansion
B) Legislative Suites
C) Judicial Building
D) Electoral College
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) scarlet fever
B) smallpox
C) malaria
D) scurvy
  • 23. Which Union general had a plan to burn and destroy the South as he traveled through?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Stephen Douglas
C) Ulyssess S. Grant
D) William T. Sherman
  • 24. What was this general's plan known as?
A) The March to the Sea
B) The Take Over Victory
C) The Path to Destruction
D) A Journey through the South
  • 25. When Truth went to help Lucy take care of her baby, a battle broke out nearby their house. How long did this battle last?
A) two weeks
B) three days
C) five hours
D) one month
  • 26. What did Truth say was the worst part of the battles to her?
A) the pounding of the drums
B) the loud thuds of the horses' hooves
C) the sounds of the bugles
D) the clashing swords
  • 27. Where were Squire and Liley planning to go after the war was over?
A) California
B) Africa
C) South America
D) Spain
  • 28. What did Truth do at the end of the novel?
A) She spoke at the meetinghouse about her journey to the North.
B) She went back to New York to work in a a Union hospital.
C) She married Perry Gibson.
D) She decided to become a doctor.
  • 29. During which period of time did the Civil War take place?
A) 1861-1865
B) 1450-1454
C) 1901-1910
D) 1770-1776
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) biographical fiction
B) nonfiction
C) historical fiction
D) science fiction
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