Who Comes with Cannons? Final Test
  • 1. What is the setting of this story at the beginning?
A) Kentucky
B) Virginia
C) Georgia
D) North Carolina
  • 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) Robert
B) Martha
C) Todd
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) Truth's father was sick and went to a hospital in California.
C) It was summer and she was coming to visit their farm.
D) Her father wanted her to learn how to cook from Aunt Elizabeth.
  • 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 a dark skin complexion.
D) She has curly, blond hair.
  • 6. What was another name used for the Quaker community?
A) People for Freedom
B) Sons of Liberty
C) The Meetinghouse Members
D) Society of Friends
  • 7. What were some family members afraid Truth would find out all about?
A) They had no money and little food.
B) They were helpers on the Underground Railroad.
C) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
D) They were slave owners.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) wagon train leader
B) printer
C) missionary
D) nurse
  • 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 fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
B) Jefferson Davis was named the Confederate President.
C) Fort Sumter, a Union fort, in South Carolina, was attacked by Southerners
D) The take-over of Vicksburg, Mississippi, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union
  • 12. States began to secede from the Union. What does secede mean?
A) to leave or break away
B) to earn money or donations
C) to join or support
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) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
C) Her father was coming to the Bardwell farm.
D) Her father had died.
  • 14. Where were Todd and Robert planning to go to avoid war?
A) Canada
B) Cuba
C) Europe
D) Mexico
  • 15. What unusual happening occurred at the meetinghouse?
A) A woman cried out loud for her husband.
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) The elders spoke in favor of the war.
  • 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 bruise on his back
D) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Bill of Rights
B) Declaration of Independence
C) Emancipation Proclamation
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 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 escorting his niece back to her hometown.
B) He is looking for new clothing made by the Northern factories.
C) He is visiting sick kinfolks.
D) He is seeing a doctor about his inability to speak.
  • 20. Who did Squire say might be able to help Truth carry out her plan?
A) Sojourner Truth
B) Crispus Attacks
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Harriett Beecher Stowe
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Legislative Suites
B) Executive Mansion
C) Electoral College
D) Judicial Building
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) malaria
B) scarlet fever
C) smallpox
D) scurvy
  • 23. Which Union general had a plan to burn and destroy the South as he traveled through?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) William T. Sherman
C) Stephen Douglas
D) Ulyssess S. Grant
  • 24. What was this general's plan known as?
A) A Journey through the South
B) The Path to Destruction
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) 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 clashing swords
B) the sounds of the bugles
C) the pounding of the drums
D) the loud thuds of the horses' hooves
  • 27. Where were Squire and Liley planning to go after the war was over?
A) South America
B) Spain
C) California
D) Africa
  • 28. What did Truth do at the end of the novel?
A) She decided to become a doctor.
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 married Perry Gibson.
  • 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) science fiction
B) nonfiction
C) biographical fiction
D) historical fiction
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