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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 organizes the spy system?
(a) Rab.
(b) Dove.
(c) Paul Revere.
(d) Mr. Lapham.

2. What objects were used to warn the colonists of the oncoming British?
(a) Fires.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Lanterns.
(d) Cannons.

3. What do the children chant after the war begins?
(a) School's done. The war's begun.
(b) God bless America.
(c) Huzzah.
(d) Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman.

4. What happens when Johnny goes to the Silsbee farm?
(a) The farm has been burned down.
(b) Rab's grandfather invites Johnny in for a meal.
(c) Nobody is there.
(d) The British have arrested Rab's grandfather.

5. What is the Fiddler's Bill?
(a) Bill created by King George for damage done to the ships.
(b) The invoice for the tea.
(c) Legislation to promote representation in Parliament.
(d) The bill incurred from hiring the marching band.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes on the ride to warn the Minute Men?

2. What item do Cilla and Johnny retrieve from the house?

3. Who sails off to London with the Lytes?

4. The spy system is comprised of thirty men in what type of trade?

5. Who does Paul Revere warn about the fighting at Lexington?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Johnny go to the Lytes’ home in Chapter 11? Does he achieve his objective there?

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

3. What happens when Rab sets up a meeting to buy a musket in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

7. How are General Gage’s actions described in Chapter 7?

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

9. How does Johnny change his appearance in Chapter 12? Why?

10. How are the actions of the British referred to as tyrannical in Chapter 7?

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