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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol was engraved on Rab's medallion?

2. What is being delivered by the British in Chapter 6?

3. What was Johnny's mother's occupation?

4. What is the name of the missing pig?

5. Boston was torn into two armed camps by which political parties?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Isannah recoil from Johnny’s hand? How does Johnny respond?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pumpkin is representative of many young men and boys who wanted to desert from the British Army to fight for America's freedom.

1) Did Pumpkin realize the danger he was getting himself into by helping Johnny?

2) How did Pumpkin's relationship with Johnny change his outlook? How did it change Johnny's?

3) How might Johnny have felt when he saw Pumpkin being executed?

Essay Topic 2

The Boston Tea Party was a major event in the destruction of the relationship between the English and Americans. What would have happened if the ships were never attacked? Would King George have ever agreed to equal representation or fair taxes? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the activities of the Colonists went on underneath the British soldiers' noses.

1) Why did the British fail to learn about the Sons of Liberty, the Observers, and their whereabouts and activities until it was too late?

2) What might have happened if the key members of the Sons of Liberty were jailed?

3) The Colonists used the North Church to send a warning about the arrival of the British. Was this a wise move? How might it have backfired?

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