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