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