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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the only civilians allowed near the ferry slip in North Boston?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Town leaders.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Midwifes.

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

4. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Lorne hide out?
(a) Schoolhouse.
(b) Post office.
(c) Stable.
(d) Carriage house.

5. Who pays Johnny to deliver messages?
(a) Sons of Liberty.
(b) The British.
(c) The militia.
(d) Observers.

6. Where is Johnny's mother buried?
(a) Boston Common.
(b) Cooper Ridge.
(c) Copp's Hill.
(d) Charlestown cemetery.

7. Who continues to publish the Observer?
(a) Uncle Lorne.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Johnathon Lyte.
(d) Sam Adams.

8. Who makes the speech at the last Observers meeting?
(a) Patrick Henry.
(b) John Hancock.
(c) James Otis.
(d) Sam Adams.

9. What does Rab give to Johnny before he dies?
(a) Sons of Liberty medal.
(b) His wallet.
(c) Musket.
(d) Key to the print shop.

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

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

12. What happens when Johnny goes to the Silsbee farm?
(a) The farm has been burned down.
(b) The British have arrested Rab's grandfather.
(c) Nobody is there.
(d) Rab's grandfather invites Johnny in for a meal.

13. Where did the British decide to go?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Lexington and Concord.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Breed's Hill.

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

15. Who does Johnny say should not be treated like cordwood?
(a) Grooms.
(b) Privates.
(c) Redcoats.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Johnny go to search for Dr. Warren and Rab?

2. Where does Mr. Lorne hide?

3. How are Lavinia Lyte and Johnny's mother related?

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

5. Which of these men was one of the only leaders to be trusted with secret information?

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