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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) Kentucky
C) Virginia
D) Georgia
  • 2. What is the free state where Truth comes from to live with her relatives?
A) Ohio
B) Maine
C) Indiana
D) Iowa
  • 3. At the beginning of the novel, which character thought Truth was a "kettle cousin"?
A) Robert
B) Todd
C) Martha
D) Lydia
  • 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) People for Freedom
B) Sons of Liberty
C) Society of Friends
D) The Meetinghouse Members
  • 7. What were some family members afraid Truth would find out all about?
A) They were slave owners.
B) They had no money and little food.
C) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
D) They were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) missionary
B) nurse
C) printer
D) wagon train leader
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) some bullies from her class
B) Union army soldiers
C) a runaway slave
D) a pack of angry dogs
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
B) an empty closet in the pantry
C) the loft in the horse stable
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 join or support
C) to leave or break away
D) to argue or complain
  • 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) Cuba
B) Mexico
C) Europe
D) Canada
  • 15. What unusual happening occurred at the meetinghouse?
A) A young Quaker boy said he was going to fight for the North
B) The elders spoke in favor of the war.
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 broken arm
B) a bullet wound in his leg
C) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
D) a bruise on his back
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Emancipation Proclamation
B) Bill of Rights
C) Declaration of Independence
D) Olive Branch Petition
  • 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 taken to a Yankee prison in New York.
D) He was definitely killed in the battle at Manassas Junction.
  • 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) Executive Mansion
B) Judicial Building
C) Electoral College
D) Legislative Suites
  • 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) William T. Sherman
B) Stephen Douglas
C) Ulyssess S. Grant
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) 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 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) South America
C) Africa
D) California
  • 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) 1450-1454
B) 1770-1776
C) 1901-1910
D) 1861-1865
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) nonfiction
B) biographical fiction
C) historical fiction
D) science fiction
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