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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tim go to Sam's execution?
(a) He hopes for an appeal
(b) He knows Sam would want someone there
(c) He needs to see it to believe it
(d) He plans to rescue him

2. What does Mrs. Meeker talk to Colonel Read about?
(a) The tavern
(b) Mr. Meeker
(c) Tim
(d) Sam

3. Why is it good that Tim's wound is superficial?
(a) No one can prove he was at the stockade
(b) His mother would not survive if he were wounded
(c) Dr. Hobart can't come to the tavern tonight
(d) Penicillin had not been invented yet

4. Of what did Mr. Meeker die?
(a) Gun shot
(b) Cholera
(c) Malaria
(d) Diptheria

5. In what year does Tim write this story?
(a) 1776
(b) 1826
(c) 1812
(d) 1799

6. There really was a ____________ family in Redding.
(a) McMecham
(b) Wright
(c) Stafford
(d) Meeker

7. Who is the General Sam serves under?
(a) General Putnam
(b) General Billington
(c) General Greene
(d) General Hall

8. Who accompanies Tim to Sam's execution?
(a) Mr. Beach
(b) No one
(c) Betsy
(d) Mrs. Meeker

9. Where is Tim hit with a musket ball as he runs away?
(a) Neck
(b) Shoulder
(c) Leg
(d) Back

10. Why is Tim rude to General Parsons when he visits him again?
(a) He knows Sam is innocent
(b) He does not want to talk to Tim
(c) He insults Tim
(d) He approved Sam's execution sentence

11. Who runs the tavern now that Mr. Meeker is gone?
(a) Mr. Beach
(b) Sam
(c) Tim and Mrs. Meeker
(d) Tom Warrups

12. Why does Sam appear to be in trouble that cannot be mitigated?
(a) He sold guns to the enemy
(b) He gave food to the British
(c) He deserted his post
(d) He was a spy

13. Who is Tim's teacher?
(a) Mr. Beach
(b) Mr. Morgan
(c) Mr. Heron
(d) Mr. MacKenzie

14. Where does Mrs. Meeker refuse to go on Sunday?
(a) A sewing circle
(b) A Loyalist meeting
(c) A mandatory church service
(d) Sam's appeal trial

15. What scares the cow-boys away?
(a) Gun shots from the woods
(b) A dog barking in the distance
(c) The approach of Loyalists
(d) The approach of Rebels

Short Answer Questions

1. According to General Putnam, _________________ is not as important to him as winning the war.

2. According to Tim, Sam gets all the _________ while Tim gets all the work.

3. What does Tim call out when he sees the cow-boys?

4. What does Mrs. Meeker admit for the first time?

5. What does Mrs. Meeker shove at Captain Betts for trying to involve Tim in the war?

(see the answer keys)

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