Vocabulary
A synonym for privy
Bathroom
Toilet
Outhouse
What did Madam Lockton have branded on Isabel's cheek?
I for Insolence
Colonel Regan helped Isabel: True or False
False
What medical event does Ruth have?
A seizure
The mob of people knocked down the statue of who?
King George III
Ad Astra means...
To The Stars
Why did Master Lockton leave New York?
The Patriots were arresting Loyalists
What did Isabel take to Colonel Regan?
Information about a plot, a Life Guard, and a list of loyalists.
What does Isabel do to Ruth as the hanging is taking place?
Covers her eyes.
Who was hung because he supposedly plotted to kill Washington?
Thomas Hickey
What does Indisposed mean when Madam states, "Becky is indisposed sir ... she suffers the ague" (p. 116).
What did Lockton hide in to escape?
A crate labeled "Cheese"
What did Isabel say "had taken up residence inside her" after she was branded?
Bees
A physician
What was written inside of Curzon's red hat?
James
Madam testified against Isabel. What does testified mean?
To give evidence in court as a witness to a crime.
Why did Madam Lockton give Isabel bread and milk?
To make her sleep soundly
How many days was Isabel insensible after her punishment?
6 Days
Ruth had a fit/small seizure after...
The cannon fired
What event occurs while Isabel is at church?
The British sailed into the harbor.
Insolence means...
Rude
Impolite
Disrespectful
Where does Lockton say he is going when he escapes?
North to Dr. Van Buskirk's house in Bergen County
Where did Isabel go to find Colonel Regan to deliver the news in Chapter 16?
The Battery - headquarters of the Patriot army in New York.
Where did Madam Lockton say Ruth was sent?
To Nevis in the West Indies.
A _________ filled with hot coals sat on the ground a few lengths in front of me. A second man stuck two branding irons into the metal basket to heat them up.
Brazier