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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) Georgia
B) Kentucky
C) Virginia
D) North Carolina
  • 2. What is the free state where Truth comes from to live with her relatives?
A) Indiana
B) Ohio
C) Maine
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) Her father wanted her to learn how to cook from Aunt Elizabeth.
B) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
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 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) Society of Friends
B) Sons of Liberty
C) The Meetinghouse Members
D) People for Freedom
  • 7. What were some family members afraid Truth would find out all about?
A) They were slave owners.
B) They were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
C) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
D) They had no money and little food.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) nurse
B) wagon train leader
C) missionary
D) printer
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) a runaway slave
B) a pack of angry dogs
C) Union army soldiers
D) some bullies from her class
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) the loft in the horse stable
B) underneath the upstairs bed
C) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
D) an empty closet in the pantry
  • 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) The fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
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) Her father was coming to the Bardwell farm.
B) Truth was to take the train to California to be with her Pa.
C) Her father had died.
D) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
  • 14. Where were Todd and Robert planning to go to avoid war?
A) Canada
B) Europe
C) Mexico
D) Cuba
  • 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) A woman cried out loud for her husband.
D) Children laughed and made funny faces during the meeting.
  • 16. When Todd escaped and returned home, what injury did he have?
A) a broken arm
B) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
C) a bullet wound in his leg
D) a bruise on his back
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Emancipation Proclamation
B) Olive Branch Petition
C) Bill of Rights
D) Declaration of Independence
  • 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 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 visiting sick kinfolks.
B) He is looking for new clothing made by the Northern factories.
C) He is seeing a doctor about his inability to speak.
D) He is escorting his niece back to her hometown.
  • 20. Who did Squire say might be able to help Truth carry out her plan?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) Harriett Beecher Stowe
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Crispus Attacks
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Electoral College
B) Executive Mansion
C) Legislative Suites
D) Judicial Building
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) malaria
B) smallpox
C) scarlet fever
D) scurvy
  • 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 Path to Destruction
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) five hours
B) one month
C) three days
D) two weeks
  • 26. What did Truth say was the worst part of the battles to her?
A) the loud thuds of the horses' hooves
B) the sounds of the bugles
C) the clashing swords
D) the pounding of the drums
  • 27. Where were Squire and Liley planning to go after the war was over?
A) Spain
B) California
C) South America
D) Africa
  • 28. What did Truth do at the end of the novel?
A) She married Perry Gibson.
B) She went back to New York to work in a a Union hospital.
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) 1861-1865
C) 1901-1910
D) 1450-1454
  • 30. What type of genre or literature is this selection?
A) science fiction
B) nonfiction
C) biographical fiction
D) historical fiction
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