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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 caused Johnny's accident?
(a) Furnace exploded.
(b) Broken hammer.
(c) Runaway Horse.
(d) A cracked crucible.

2. Who alerts Johnny and Rab to the approach of the British ships?
(a) Paul Revere.
(b) Josiah Quincy.
(c) John Hancock.
(d) Sam Adams.

3. From what part of England did Jonathon Lyte's family come?
(a) London.
(b) Kent.
(c) Dover.
(d) Manchester.

4. Why does John Hancock scold Johnny?
(a) For lying.
(b) For not being able to write.
(c) For taking silver coins from his slave.
(d) For telling secrets to the British.

5. What is the name of Lyte's clerk?
(a) Sewall.
(b) Jehu.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which church does Mr. Lapham belong?

2. What was Rab's job at the newspaper?

3. What item did Johnny lack when trying to create Hancock's order?

4. What ruse is used to notify Observers of the meeting time?

5. What is the name of the governor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the silver cup important to Lyte?

2. What are John Hancock’s impressions of Johnny? Why does he not hire Johnny?

3. Why is Cilla’s testimony important to Johnny's case?

4. What does the silver cup represent symbolically in the novel? Why is Johnny so secretive about the silver cup?

5. To whom does Johnny confide the truth of his family? Why?

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

7. What does Johnny discover about the attic where he lives with Rab in Chapter 5? Why is this significant?

8. What has Johnny’s mother warned him about Mr. Lyte? Why does Johnny ignore the warnings?

9. Why does Mr. Lapham tell Johnny to find a new job? How does this impact Johnny?

10. Why does John Adams leave on horseback in the end of Chapter 6? Where is he going?

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