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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 much does Johnny want for the silver cup?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Twenty pounds.
(c) Sixty pence.
(d) Thirty-five shillings.

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

3. What was Johnny accused of stealing?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) A Sons of Liberty medal.
(d) Lyte's silver cup.

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

5. What is the name of the room in which Johnny stayed at the Laphams?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Harmony and happiness.
(c) Rash and fever.
(d) Birth and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Johnny have to finish the project in secret in Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of the stables?

3. Which trade was not mentioned by Mr. Lapham in regards to Johnny's possible new job?

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

5. What is the name of the governor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Lapham daughters described in Chapter 1? Who is Johnny most attracted to and why?

2. What does Johnny find when he goes to the meeting at the Old South Church in Chapter 6?

3. What does Dove do to undermine Johnny’s success in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

7. How does Rab manage to get Cilla to come to the Afric Queen in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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