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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) Kentucky
B) Georgia
C) North Carolina
D) Virginia
  • 2. What is the free state where Truth comes from to live with her relatives?
A) Indiana
B) Ohio
C) Iowa
D) Maine
  • 3. At the beginning of the novel, which character thought Truth was a "kettle cousin"?
A) Lydia
B) Robert
C) Todd
D) Martha
  • 4. What is the reason that Truth comes to live with the Bardwell family?
A) Her father wanted her to learn how to cook from Aunt Elizabeth.
B) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
C) It was summer and she was coming to visit their farm.
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 is tall and thin.
B) She wears colorful clothing.
C) She has curly, blond hair.
D) She has a dark skin complexion.
  • 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 were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
B) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
C) They had no money and little food.
D) They were slave owners.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) nurse
B) missionary
C) wagon train leader
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) underneath the upstairs bed
B) an empty closet in the pantry
C) the loft in the horse stable
D) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
  • 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) The take-over of Vicksburg, Mississippi, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union
C) Jefferson Davis was named the Confederate President.
D) The fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
  • 12. States began to secede from the Union. What does secede mean?
A) to join or support
B) to earn money or donations
C) to leave or break away
D) to argue or complain
  • 13. What information does Truth receive in a letter?
A) Her father had died.
B) Her father was coming to the Bardwell farm.
C) Truth was to take the train to California to be with her Pa.
D) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
  • 14. Where were Todd and Robert planning to go to avoid war?
A) Europe
B) Canada
C) Mexico
D) Cuba
  • 15. What unusual happening occurred at the meetinghouse?
A) The elders spoke in favor of the war.
B) A young Quaker boy said he was going to fight for the North
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 bruise on his back
B) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
C) a bullet wound in his leg
D) a broken arm
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Emancipation Proclamation
B) Bill of Rights
C) Olive Branch Petition
D) Declaration of Independence
  • 18. What early news did the family learn about Robert?
A) He was definitely killed in the battle at Manassas Junction.
B) He was at Station 9 with a Quaker family.
C) He was taken to a Yankee prison in New York.
D) He joined the Confederate Army and fought against the Yankees.
  • 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 looking for new clothing made by the Northern factories.
C) He is escorting his niece back to her hometown.
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) Harriett Beecher Stowe
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Crispus Attacks
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Executive Mansion
B) Electoral College
C) Legislative Suites
D) Judicial Building
  • 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) Robert E. Lee
B) Stephen Douglas
C) Ulyssess S. Grant
D) William T. Sherman
  • 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) two weeks
C) three days
D) five hours
  • 26. What did Truth say was the worst part of the battles to her?
A) the loud thuds of the horses' hooves
B) the pounding of the drums
C) the clashing swords
D) the sounds of the bugles
  • 27. Where were Squire and Liley planning to go after the war was over?
A) California
B) South America
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 spoke at the meetinghouse about her journey to the North.
C) She decided to become a doctor.
D) She married Perry Gibson.
  • 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) nonfiction
B) science fiction
C) biographical fiction
D) historical fiction
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