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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Sam Meeker been away from home?
(a) Since Christmas
(b) Four years
(c) Since summer
(d) Five years

2. Where do the Meekers' cousins, the Platts, live?
(a) Darien
(b) Hartford
(c) Roanoke
(d) North Salem

3. Who is Tom Warrups?
(a) A local surveyor
(b) A local trapper
(c) The town blacksmith
(d) An Indian who lives in town

4. The town of Redding is divided into how many parts?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 5

5. The Meekers do not talk about _________.
(a) Sam
(b) Music
(c) Art
(d) Boats

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Betsy making this trip?

2. Which of the following does not concern Mr. Meeker about the trip?

3. What does Tim sense about his father?

4. Mr. Meeker's name is Eliphalet but he is called _____________.

5. What does Tim try hard not to think about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How involved in the war is Redding in the summer of 1775?

2. What is so mysterious about Mr. Heron?

3. Why does Tim want to work for Mr. Heron?

4. Explain Tim's internal conflicts about Sam's disobedience.

5. Explain the nature of Tim's quandary regarding his position on the war.

6. How is the author showing how Tim is more like Sam than he might want to think?

7. What is the nature of the conversation between Tim and Ezekiel?

8. How has the war taken a toll on the security of ordinary people during this time?

9. How do Father and Tim interact now that Sam is gone?

10. Explain the uncertainty of war experienced by the people in Redding.

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