Who Comes with Cannons? Final Test
  • 1. What is the setting of this story at the beginning?
A) Virginia
B) Kentucky
C) Georgia
D) North Carolina
  • 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) Lydia
B) Martha
C) Robert
D) Todd
  • 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) It was summer and she was coming to visit their farm.
C) Truth's father was sick and went to a hospital in California.
D) She wanted to learn about Quaker life.
  • 5. How is Truth's appearance different from the Bardwell family?
A) She has a dark skin complexion.
B) She wears colorful clothing.
C) She has curly, blond hair.
D) She is tall and thin.
  • 6. What was another name used for the Quaker community?
A) The Meetinghouse Members
B) Society of Friends
C) People for Freedom
D) Sons of Liberty
  • 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) They had no money and little food.
D) The family did believe in war even though they were Quakers.
  • 8. What career had Truth thought mostly about for herself?
A) nurse
B) missionary
C) printer
D) wagon train leader
  • 9. What caused Truth to run toward home after school?
A) a pack of angry dogs
B) a runaway slave
C) Union army soldiers
D) some bullies from her class
  • 10. What hiding place was used for Squire?
A) underneath the upstairs bed
B) a passage way beneath the hearthstone
C) an empty closet in the pantry
D) the loft in the horse stable
  • 11. What news did Perry Gibson bring that marked the beginning of the Civil War?
A) Jefferson Davis was named the Confederate President.
B) The fight at Manassas Junction in Virginia
C) The take-over of Vicksburg, Mississippi, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union
D) Fort Sumter, a Union fort, in South Carolina, was attacked by Southerners
  • 12. States began to secede from the Union. What does secede mean?
A) to earn money or donations
B) to leave or break away
C) to join or support
D) to argue or complain
  • 13. What information does Truth receive in a letter?
A) Her father was coming to the Bardwell farm.
B) Her father had died.
C) The West was overcrowded with gold miners.
D) Truth was to take the train to California to be with her Pa.
  • 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 woman cried out loud for her husband.
B) Children laughed and made funny faces during the meeting.
C) A young Quaker boy said he was going to fight for the North
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 bruise on his back
C) a bullet wound in his leg
D) a deep gash or cut on his forehead
  • 17. What decree was issued by President Lincoln to free the slaves?
A) Olive Branch Petition
B) Declaration of Independence
C) Emancipation Proclamation
D) Bill of Rights
  • 18. What early news did the family learn about Robert?
A) He was taken to a Yankee prison in New York.
B) He was at Station 9 with a Quaker family.
C) He joined the Confederate Army and fought against the Yankees.
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 seeing a doctor about his inability to speak.
B) He is visiting sick kinfolks.
C) He is looking for new clothing made by the Northern factories.
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) Crispus Attacks
D) Sojourner Truth
  • 21. Which mansion did Truth visit to see Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife?
A) Executive Mansion
B) Legislative Suites
C) Judicial Building
D) Electoral College
  • 22. What illness did Robert say that he had when Truth saw him at the prison?
A) scurvy
B) scarlet fever
C) smallpox
D) malaria
  • 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) The Take Over Victory
B) The Path to Destruction
C) A Journey through the South
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) one month
B) three days
C) five hours
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 loud thuds of the horses' hooves
D) the sounds of the bugles
  • 27. Where were Squire and Liley planning to go after the war was over?
A) South America
B) California
C) Spain
D) Africa
  • 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 went back to New York to work in a a Union hospital.
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) 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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