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) Maine
B) Indiana
C) Iowa
D) Ohio
  • 3. At the beginning of the novel, which character thought Truth was a "kettle cousin"?
A) Todd
B) Robert
C) Martha
D) Lydia
  • 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) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
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 wears colorful clothing.
B) She has a dark skin complexion.
C) She has curly, blond hair.
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 were slave owners.
B) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
C) They were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
D) They had no money and little food.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) nurse
B) missionary
C) wagon train leader
D) printer
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) some bullies from her class
B) a runaway slave
C) Union army soldiers
D) a pack of angry dogs
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
B) an empty closet in the pantry
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) Fort Sumter, a Union fort, in South Carolina, was attacked by Southerners
C) The take-over of Vicksburg, Mississippi, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union
D) The fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
  • 12. States began to secede from the Union. What does secede mean?
A) to argue or complain
B) to join or support
C) to leave or break away
D) to earn money or donations
  • 13. What information does Truth receive in a letter?
A) Truth was to take the train to California to be with her Pa.
B) Her father had died.
C) Her father was coming to the Bardwell farm.
D) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
  • 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 woman cried out loud for her husband.
B) The elders spoke in favor of the war.
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 bullet wound in his leg
B) a broken arm
C) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
D) a bruise on his back
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Bill of Rights
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) Declaration of Independence
D) Olive Branch Petition
  • 18. What early news did the family learn about Robert?
A) He was at Station 9 with a Quaker family.
B) He was definitely killed in the battle at Manassas Junction.
C) He joined the Confederate Army and fought against the Yankees.
D) He was taken to a Yankee prison in New York.
  • 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 visiting sick kinfolks.
C) He is escorting his niece back to her hometown.
D) He is seeing a doctor about his inability to speak.
  • 20. Who did Squire say might be able to help Truth carry out her plan?
A) Harriett Beecher Stowe
B) Crispus Attacks
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Sojourner Truth
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Electoral College
B) Executive Mansion
C) Judicial Building
D) Legislative Suites
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) scurvy
B) scarlet fever
C) malaria
D) smallpox
  • 23. Which Union general had a plan to burn and destroy the South as he traveled through?
A) William T. Sherman
B) Ulyssess S. Grant
C) Robert E. Lee
D) Stephen Douglas
  • 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) three days
B) two weeks
C) five hours
D) one month
  • 26. What did Truth say was the worst part of the battles to her?
A) the loud thuds of the horses' hooves
B) the pounding of the drums
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) Spain
C) South America
D) Africa
  • 28. What did Truth do at the end of the novel?
A) She went back to New York to work in a a Union hospital.
B) She spoke at the meetinghouse about her journey to the North.
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) 1450-1454
B) 1901-1910
C) 1861-1865
D) 1770-1776
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) nonfiction
B) historical fiction
C) biographical fiction
D) science fiction
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