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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. Who takes care of Johnny's injured hand?
(a) A midwife.
(b) Isannah.
(c) Mrs. Lapham.
(d) Madge.

2. What was the name of John Hancock's slave?
(a) Jamaal.
(b) Jehu.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Micah.

3. Who teaches Johnny to ride a horse?
(a) Lavinia Lyte.
(b) Isannah.
(c) Paul Revere.
(d) Rab.

4. Which one of these characters is NOT a doctor involved in the cause?
(a) Gale.
(b) Church.
(c) Warren.
(d) Cooper.

5. What is the surname of the twins that were being bullied by the butcher's son?
(a) Atkinson.
(b) Huesby.
(c) Webb.
(d) Lorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johnny use to create models for the silver work?

2. What event is prompted by the arrival of British ships in the harbor?

3. What does Johnny NOT do at the Lorne house?

4. Which of these characters does not serve as an apprentice?

5. Why was Johnny arrested?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Mr. Lyte respond when Johnny tells him about the silver cup?

6. What is meant by taxation without representation?

7. Why does Dove dislike Johnny? How is Dove’s dislike illustrated in Chapter 1?

8. In the story, what is the main difference between the Whigs and the Tories?

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

10. How is Johnny’s pride illustrated in Chapter 3?

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