Who Comes with Cannons? Final Test
  • 1. What is the setting of this story at the beginning?
A) Georgia
B) North Carolina
C) Kentucky
D) Virginia
  • 2. What is the free state where Truth comes from to live with her relatives?
A) Ohio
B) Maine
C) Iowa
D) Indiana
  • 3. At the beginning of the novel, which character thought Truth was a "kettle cousin"?
A) Lydia
B) Martha
C) Robert
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) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
C) Her father wanted her to learn how to cook from Aunt Elizabeth.
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 wears colorful clothing.
B) She has curly, blond hair.
C) She has a dark skin complexion.
D) She is tall and thin.
  • 6. What was another name used for the Quaker community?
A) Society of Friends
B) People for Freedom
C) The Meetinghouse Members
D) Sons of Liberty
  • 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 slave owners.
C) They had no money and little food.
D) They were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) wagon train leader
B) printer
C) missionary
D) nurse
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) a pack of angry dogs
B) a runaway slave
C) Union army soldiers
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) The take-over of Vicksburg, Mississippi, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union
B) The fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
C) Fort Sumter, a Union fort, in South Carolina, was attacked by Southerners
D) Jefferson Davis was named the Confederate President.
  • 12. States began to secede from the Union. What does secede mean?
A) to earn money or donations
B) to argue or complain
C) to join or support
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) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
C) Her father had died.
D) Her father was coming to the Bardwell farm.
  • 14. Where were Todd and Robert planning to go to avoid war?
A) Cuba
B) Europe
C) Mexico
D) Canada
  • 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) Children laughed and made funny faces during the meeting.
D) A young Quaker boy said he was going to fight for the North
  • 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 broken arm
D) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Emancipation Proclamation
B) Declaration of Independence
C) Bill of Rights
D) Olive Branch Petition
  • 18. What early news did the family learn about Robert?
A) He was definitely killed in the battle at Manassas Junction.
B) He was taken to a Yankee prison in New York.
C) He joined the Confederate Army and fought against the Yankees.
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) 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) Judicial Building
B) Legislative Suites
C) Electoral College
D) Executive Mansion
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) malaria
B) scarlet fever
C) smallpox
D) scurvy
  • 23. Which Union general had a plan to burn and destroy the South as he traveled through?
A) William T. Sherman
B) Robert E. Lee
C) Stephen Douglas
D) Ulyssess S. Grant
  • 24. What was this general's plan known as?
A) A Journey through the South
B) The March to the Sea
C) The Path to Destruction
D) The Take Over Victory
  • 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) one month
D) two weeks
  • 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 pounding of the drums
D) the clashing swords
  • 27. Where were Squire and Liley planning to go after the war was over?
A) South America
B) California
C) Africa
D) Spain
  • 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) 1861-1865
B) 1901-1910
C) 1770-1776
D) 1450-1454
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) historical fiction
B) biographical fiction
C) nonfiction
D) science fiction
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