Who Comes with Cannons? Final Test
  • 1. What is the setting of this story at the beginning?
A) Kentucky
B) Virginia
C) Georgia
D) North Carolina
  • 2. What is the free state where Truth comes from to live with her relatives?
A) Maine
B) Ohio
C) Indiana
D) Iowa
  • 3. At the beginning of the novel, which character thought Truth was a "kettle cousin"?
A) Todd
B) Robert
C) Lydia
D) Martha
  • 4. What is the reason that Truth comes to live with the Bardwell family?
A) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
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) It was summer and she was coming to visit their farm.
  • 5. How is Truth's appearance different from the Bardwell family?
A) She wears colorful clothing.
B) She is tall and thin.
C) She has curly, blond hair.
D) She has a dark skin complexion.
  • 6. What was another name used for the Quaker community?
A) Society of Friends
B) The Meetinghouse Members
C) People for Freedom
D) Sons of Liberty
  • 7. What were some family members afraid Truth would find out all about?
A) They were slave owners.
B) They were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
C) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
D) They had no money and little food.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) printer
B) nurse
C) wagon train leader
D) missionary
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) some bullies from her class
B) a pack of angry dogs
C) Union army soldiers
D) a runaway slave
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
B) underneath the upstairs bed
C) the loft in the horse stable
D) an empty closet in the pantry
  • 11. What news did Perry Gibson bring that marked the beginning of the Civil War?
A) Fort Sumter, a Union fort, in South Carolina, was attacked by Southerners
B) Jefferson Davis was named the Confederate President.
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 earn money or donations
D) to leave or break away
  • 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) 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) Cuba
C) Europe
D) Mexico
  • 15. What unusual happening occurred at the meetinghouse?
A) Children laughed and made funny faces during the meeting.
B) A young Quaker boy said he was going to fight for the North
C) A woman cried out loud for her husband.
D) The elders spoke in favor of the war.
  • 16. When Todd escaped and returned home, what injury did he have?
A) a bullet wound in his leg
B) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
C) a bruise on his back
D) a broken arm
  • 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 definitely killed in the battle at Manassas Junction.
B) He joined the Confederate Army and fought against the Yankees.
C) He was taken to a Yankee prison in New York.
D) He was at Station 9 with a Quaker family.
  • 19. What excuse does Uncle Matthew say he will use for going North?
A) He is visiting sick kinfolks.
B) He is looking for new clothing made by the Northern factories.
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) Crispus Attacks
B) Harriett Beecher Stowe
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Frederick Douglass
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Legislative Suites
B) Executive Mansion
C) Judicial Building
D) Electoral College
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) malaria
B) scarlet fever
C) scurvy
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) Stephen Douglas
D) Robert E. Lee
  • 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) one month
B) three days
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 pounding of the drums
C) the sounds of the bugles
D) the loud thuds of the horses' hooves
  • 27. Where were Squire and Liley planning to go after the war was over?
A) Spain
B) California
C) Africa
D) South America
  • 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 decided to become a doctor.
C) She went back to New York to work in a a Union hospital.
D) She married Perry Gibson.
  • 29. During which period of time did the Civil War take place?
A) 1770-1776
B) 1450-1454
C) 1901-1910
D) 1861-1865
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) nonfiction
B) biographical fiction
C) science fiction
D) historical fiction
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