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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Mr. Meeker's newspaper?
(a) Redding Dispatch
(b) Rivington's Gazette
(c) Rivington Daily News
(d) Meeker's Monthly

2. What unfamiliar sound disturbs Tim?
(a) Sam's screams
(b) His mother's wheezing
(c) The cows' grunts
(d) His father's weeping

3. What is a Tory?
(a) A barn dance
(b) A short story
(c) A creek
(d) Someone loyal to the King of England

4. Why is Tim so intent on delivering messages for Mr. Heron?
(a) He wants some glory from the war
(b) He wants to defy his father
(c) He wants to travel
(d) He wants to be a good neighbor

5. Who does Tim see approach the Meeker tavern?
(a) Tom Warrups
(b) 20 rebel soldiers
(c) 20 Tories
(d) Sam

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Meeker does not give up the gun, what does the soldier do?

2. Mr. Meeker tells Tim that children caught up in the war could be killed or ______________________.

3. The Meekers do not talk about _________.

4. What do soldiers on both sides of the war now steal?

5. What does Mrs. Meeker often tell Betsy?

(see the answer key)

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