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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. What present does Johnny buy for Isannah?
(a) Limes.
(b) Books.
(c) Writing paper.
(d) Hair ribbons.

2. Where do the Observers meet?
(a) In an attic.
(b) Boston Common.
(c) At the Boston Observer office.
(d) Faneuil Hall.

3. What is the name of the governor?
(a) Bunker.
(b) Quincy.
(c) Faneuil.
(d) Hutchinson.

4. Boston was torn into two armed camps by which political parties?
(a) Whigs and Tories.
(b) Colonists and Loyalists.
(c) Militia and Society of Friends.
(d) Sons of Liberty and Observers.

5. Who offers to hire Johnny away from Mr. Lapham?
(a) Samuel Adams.
(b) Paul Revere.
(c) Josiah Quincy.
(d) John Hancock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not a tavern in Boston?

2. Who does Johnny confide in about his most prized possession?

3. What was Johnny's punishment for stealing the silver cup?

4. What is Rab Silsbee's job?

5. How are Mr. and Mrs. Lapham related?

Short Essay Questions

1. What cemetery does Johnny go to in Chapter 3? Why does Johnny go to the cemetery?

2. Why is Mr. Lapham reluctant to allow Johnny to finish the piece for John Hancock?

3. Why is the silver cup important to Lyte?

4. What is meant by taxation without representation?

5. What presents does Johnny give to Cilla and Isannah in Chapter 3? Why does he get these gifts for them?

6. Why does Johnny criticize Dove's work? How does Dove respond to Johnny’s criticism?

7. What disguises do Johnny and Rab don in Chapter 6? Why?

8. What are Mrs. Lapham's responsibilities? How many children does she have and what concerns her about her children?

9. What excuse does Dove give to Mrs. Lapham for handing Johnny the cracked crucible? How does Johnny respond?

10. How is the political atmosphere of the fall of 1773 described in Chapter 6?

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