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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Johnny give in return for a uniform and gun?
(a) Money.
(b) Disguise.
(c) Hiding place.
(d) Silver knife.

2. Who does Paul Revere warn about the fighting at Lexington?
(a) Sam Adams.
(b) Josiah Quincy.
(c) Dr. Warren.
(d) Billy Dawes.

3. Who discovers that Dr. Warren and Rab have been injured?
(a) Cilla.
(b) Uncle Lorne.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Lavinia Lyte.

4. Where does Johnny go to watch the ships coming into the harbor?
(a) Beacon Hill.
(b) Bunker Hill.
(c) Independence Hall.
(d) Christ Church tower.

5. Who do the British Soldiers attempt to arrest?
(a) Sam Adams.
(b) Mr. Lapham.
(c) Observers.
(d) Paul Revere.

6. Where is the first battle held?
(a) Silsbee Cove.
(b) Beacon Hill.
(c) Concord.
(d) Lexington.

7. What does Johnny find in the Lyte Bible?
(a) Gold coins.
(b) Family history.
(c) A letter from his mother.
(d) Deed to the Lyte mansion.

8. Who is in command of the farmer-soldiers?
(a) Rab.
(b) Rab's grandfather.
(c) Paul Revere.
(d) Dr. Warren.

9. Who helps Johnny escape from being flogged?
(a) Cilla.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Rab.

10. Who serves as Colonel Smith's groom?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Dove.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Pumpkin.

11. What do the children chant after the war begins?
(a) God bless America.
(b) School's done. The war's begun.
(c) Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman.
(d) Huzzah.

12. With whom does Madge fall in love?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Captain Smith.
(c) Sergeant Gale.
(d) Mr. Tweedie.

13. What punishment is served on the middleman who tries to sell Rab a gun?
(a) Put into stocks.
(b) Put in jail.
(c) Tried for treason.
(d) Tarred and feathered.

14. Who is the last of Colonel Smith's men to return?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) Major Pitcairn.
(c) Sergeant Gale.
(d) Lieutenant Stranger.

15. What item do Cilla and Johnny retrieve from the house?
(a) Silver.
(b) Bible.
(c) Family portaits.
(d) Guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ratio of the British to American soldiers at the first battle?

2. Who pays Johnny to deliver messages?

3. What objects were used to warn the colonists of the oncoming British?

4. Which item is not used to make gunpowder?

5. What happens when Johnny goes to the Silsbee farm?

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