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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mr. Meeker's name is Eliphalet but he is called _____________.
(a) Life
(b) Elmore
(c) Ellis
(d) Elephant
2. Right now, to Tim, glory seems more important than _____________.
(a) Honor
(b) Money
(c) Respect
(d) School
3. Sam believes that people should be ready to die for _____________________.
(a) Land
(b) Their principles
(c) Independence
(d) Money
4. Who is the girl that Sam likes?
(a) Betsy Read
(b) Betsy Redding
(c) Bonnie Redding
(d) Bessie Read
5. What type of business do the Meekers operate?
(a) Mill
(b) Blacksmith
(c) Shipping
(d) Tavern
6. How many letters has Mrs. Meeker received from Sam?
(a) 5
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 4
7. What is the Anglican Church?
(a) The only English-speaking church
(b) The Church of England
(c) The Church of Angels
(d) The Republican Church
8. What does Betsy ask Tim one day?
(a) If he can keep a secret should Sam come back
(b) If he will walk her to school
(c) If he will teach her to fish
(d) If he will chop wood for the family
9. Where do Mr. Meeker and Tim head after leaving the Platts' home?
(a) Poughkeepsie
(b) Pittsburgh
(c) Peekskill
(d) Powhatan
10. What has Sam come home to get?
(a) Money
(b) Shoes
(c) Clothing
(d) Brown Bess
11. How long has Sam Meeker been away from home?
(a) Five years
(b) Since Christmas
(c) Four years
(d) Since summer
12. Mrs. Meeker says that Mr. Meeker and Sam are very ______________.
(a) Funny
(b) Intelligent
(c) Stubborn
(d) Lovable
13. What unfamiliar sound disturbs Tim?
(a) His father's weeping
(b) His mother's wheezing
(c) The cows' grunts
(d) Sam's screams
14. What does Mrs. Meeker often tell Betsy?
(a) "Early to bed, early to rise."
(b) "Waste not, want not."
(c) "A penny saved is a penny earned."
(d) "Idle hands make the Devil's work."
15. What is a Tory?
(a) A creek
(b) Someone loyal to the King of England
(c) A short story
(d) A barn dance
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Tim try hard not to think about?
2. Who spends a lot of time hanging out at the tavern this summer?
3. What have the soldiers taken from the people in Redding?
4. What do soldiers on both sides of the war now steal?
5. What does Tim hear as he is chopping wood?
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