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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. Which group will NOT be empowered by the colonists' freedom?
(a) Indians.
(b) Colonists.
(c) Russian serfs.
(d) French Peasants.

2. What group planned to head off the British?
(a) Observers.
(b) Sons of Liberty.
(c) Minute Men.
(d) Farmer's Militia.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Paul Revere go to receive a sign from the British?

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

4. Where does Mr. Lorne hide?

5. Who makes the speech at the last Observers meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pumpkin want to desert the British military? How does he attempt to do so?

2. What is the fiddler’s bill and what does it mean for the people of Boston?

3. How does Johnny help the spies gain information from the British in Chapter 9?

4. How does Johnny's relationship with Rab affect Johnny's part in the revolution?

5. Who has married in Chapter 8? How are these relationships described?

6. What does the apple given to Johnny symbolize in Chapter 8?

7. What does Johnny learn from the tavern-keeper in Chapter 12?

8. What does Johnny find at the Lytes’ home in Chapter 11?

9. What does Doctor Warren tell Johnny about his hand in the end of the novel?

10. What does Doctor Warren tell Johnny to say to Billy Dawes in Chapter 10? Why?

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