Who Comes with Cannons? Final Test
  • 1. What is the setting of this story at the beginning?
A) North Carolina
B) Kentucky
C) Georgia
D) Virginia
  • 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) Todd
B) Robert
C) Martha
D) Lydia
  • 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 is tall and thin.
B) She wears colorful clothing.
C) She has a dark skin complexion.
D) She has curly, blond hair.
  • 6. What was another name used for the Quaker community?
A) People for Freedom
B) Society of Friends
C) The Meetinghouse Members
D) Sons of Liberty
  • 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) printer
D) wagon train leader
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) Union army soldiers
B) a runaway slave
C) a pack of angry dogs
D) some bullies from her class
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
B) the loft in the horse stable
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) The take-over of Vicksburg, Mississippi, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union
C) The fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
D) Fort Sumter, a Union fort, in South Carolina, was attacked by Southerners
  • 12. States began to secede from the Union. What does secede mean?
A) to join or support
B) to argue or complain
C) to leave or break away
D) to earn money or donations
  • 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) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
D) Her father had died.
  • 14. Where were Todd and Robert planning to go to avoid war?
A) Cuba
B) Canada
C) Europe
D) Mexico
  • 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 broken arm
B) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
C) a bullet wound in his leg
D) a bruise on his back
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Olive Branch Petition
B) Declaration of Independence
C) Bill of Rights
D) Emancipation Proclamation
  • 18. What early news did the family learn about Robert?
A) He was at Station 9 with a Quaker family.
B) He joined the Confederate Army and fought against the Yankees.
C) He was definitely killed in the battle at Manassas Junction.
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 seeing a doctor about his inability to speak.
B) He is escorting his niece back to her hometown.
C) He is looking for new clothing made by the Northern factories.
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) Frederick Douglass
C) Crispus Attacks
D) Harriett Beecher Stowe
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Judicial Building
B) Executive Mansion
C) Electoral College
D) Legislative Suites
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) smallpox
B) scarlet fever
C) scurvy
D) malaria
  • 23. Which Union general had a plan to burn and destroy the South as he traveled through?
A) Ulyssess S. Grant
B) Stephen Douglas
C) William T. Sherman
D) Robert E. Lee
  • 24. What was this general's plan known as?
A) The Take Over Victory
B) The March to the Sea
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) five hours
B) three days
C) two weeks
D) one month
  • 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) Spain
B) Africa
C) California
D) South America
  • 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 married Perry Gibson.
C) She decided to become a doctor.
D) She spoke at the meetinghouse about her journey to the North.
  • 29. During which period of time did the Civil War take place?
A) 1770-1776
B) 1861-1865
C) 1450-1454
D) 1901-1910
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) historical fiction
B) nonfiction
C) biographical fiction
D) science fiction
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