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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 British officer tries to make friends with the people of Boston?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) General Gage.
(c) Sergeant Gale.
(d) Lieutenant Stranger.

2. Where is the location of the Lytes' country home?
(a) Milton.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) Lexington.

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

4. Who serves as Colonel Smith's groom?
(a) Dusty.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Dove.

5. What does Gage call training for the troops?
(a) Infantry school.
(b) Warfare preparation.
(c) Combat class.
(d) New evolutions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group planned to head off the British?

2. Where does Mr. Lorne hide?

3. Which item is not used to make gunpowder?

4. Where does Johnny go to watch the ships coming into the harbor?

5. Who falls in love with a British soldier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Battle of Lexington described? Where do the troops go after this battle?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Johnny discover in the leather-bound book and in the Bible in Chapter 8? Why is this important to Johnny?

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

9. What exchange does Johnny make with Pumpkin in Chapter 9?

10. What does Johnny discover from the torn pieces of letters that Lydia gives him?

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