Who Comes with Cannons? Final Test
  • 1. What is the setting of this story at the beginning?
A) North Carolina
B) Virginia
C) Kentucky
D) Georgia
  • 2. What is the free state where Truth comes from to live with her relatives?
A) Iowa
B) Indiana
C) Ohio
D) Maine
  • 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) Truth's father was sick and went to a hospital in California.
C) Her father wanted her to learn how to cook from Aunt Elizabeth.
D) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
  • 5. How is Truth's appearance different from the Bardwell family?
A) She has curly, blond hair.
B) She is tall and thin.
C) She wears colorful clothing.
D) She has a dark skin complexion.
  • 6. What was another name used for the Quaker community?
A) People for Freedom
B) Society of Friends
C) Sons of Liberty
D) The Meetinghouse Members
  • 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 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) wagon train leader
B) nurse
C) printer
D) missionary
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) Union army soldiers
B) a runaway slave
C) some bullies from her class
D) a pack of angry dogs
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) underneath the upstairs bed
B) an empty closet in the pantry
C) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
D) the loft in the horse stable
  • 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 leave or break away
B) to join or support
C) to earn money or donations
D) to argue or complain
  • 13. What information does Truth receive in a letter?
A) Her father was coming to the Bardwell farm.
B) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
C) Her father had died.
D) Truth was to take the train to California to be with her Pa.
  • 14. Where were Todd and Robert planning to go to avoid war?
A) Europe
B) Mexico
C) Cuba
D) Canada
  • 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 bruise on his back
B) a broken arm
C) a bullet wound in his leg
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) Olive Branch Petition
D) Bill of Rights
  • 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 visiting sick kinfolks.
B) He is seeing a doctor about his inability to speak.
C) He is escorting his niece back to her hometown.
D) He is looking for new clothing made by the Northern factories.
  • 20. Who did Squire say might be able to help Truth carry out her plan?
A) Crispus Attacks
B) Sojourner Truth
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Harriett Beecher Stowe
  • 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) scurvy
B) malaria
C) smallpox
D) scarlet fever
  • 23. Which Union general had a plan to burn and destroy the South as he traveled through?
A) William T. Sherman
B) Stephen Douglas
C) Robert E. Lee
D) Ulyssess S. Grant
  • 24. What was this general's plan known as?
A) The Path to Destruction
B) A Journey through the South
C) The Take Over Victory
D) The March to the Sea
  • 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 sounds of the bugles
B) the pounding of the drums
C) the clashing swords
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) South America
C) Africa
D) California
  • 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 spoke at the meetinghouse about her journey to the North.
D) She decided to become a doctor.
  • 29. During which period of time did the Civil War take place?
A) 1861-1865
B) 1450-1454
C) 1770-1776
D) 1901-1910
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) nonfiction
B) science fiction
C) historical fiction
D) biographical fiction
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