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Who Comes with Cannons? Final Test
Contributed by: Rogers
  • 1. What is the setting of this story at the beginning?
A) North Carolina
B) Georgia
C) Kentucky
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) Lydia
B) Todd
C) Robert
D) Martha
  • 4. What is the reason that Truth comes to live with the Bardwell family?
A) Truth's father was sick and went to a hospital in California.
B) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
C) Her father wanted her to learn how to cook from Aunt Elizabeth.
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 is tall and thin.
B) She has curly, blond hair.
C) She has a dark skin complexion.
D) She wears colorful clothing.
  • 6. What was another name used for the Quaker community?
A) Sons of Liberty
B) People for Freedom
C) Society of Friends
D) The Meetinghouse Members
  • 7. What were some family members afraid Truth would find out all about?
A) They had no money and little food.
B) They were slave owners.
C) They were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
D) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) wagon train leader
B) missionary
C) nurse
D) printer
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) Union army soldiers
B) some bullies from her class
C) a runaway slave
D) a pack of angry dogs
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) an empty closet in the pantry
B) the loft in the horse stable
C) underneath the upstairs bed
D) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
  • 11. What news did Perry Gibson bring that marked the beginning of the Civil War?
A) The fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
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) 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 leave or break away
D) to join or support
  • 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) Europe
B) Cuba
C) Mexico
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) The elders spoke in favor of the war.
D) A woman cried out loud for her husband.
  • 16. When Todd escaped and returned home, what injury did he have?
A) a bruise on his back
B) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
C) a broken arm
D) a bullet wound in his leg
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Bill of Rights
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) Olive Branch Petition
D) Declaration of Independence
  • 18. What early news did the family learn about Robert?
A) He joined the Confederate Army and fought against the Yankees.
B) He was at Station 9 with a Quaker family.
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 visiting sick kinfolks.
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) Frederick Douglass
B) Crispus Attacks
C) Harriett Beecher Stowe
D) Sojourner Truth
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Legislative Suites
B) Judicial Building
C) Executive Mansion
D) Electoral College
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) scarlet fever
B) scurvy
C) smallpox
D) malaria
  • 23. Which Union general had a plan to burn and destroy the South as he traveled through?
A) Stephen Douglas
B) William T. Sherman
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 March to the Sea
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) three days
B) five hours
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 pounding of the drums
C) the loud thuds of the horses' hooves
D) the clashing swords
  • 27. Where were Squire and Liley planning to go after the war was over?
A) Africa
B) South America
C) California
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 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) 1770-1776
B) 1450-1454
C) 1861-1865
D) 1901-1910
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) science fiction
B) biographical fiction
C) nonfiction
D) historical fiction
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