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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The town of Redding is divided into how many parts?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 2

2. What has Sam stolen from the family home?
(a) A gun
(b) Money
(c) Food
(d) Legal papers

3. What have the soldiers taken from the people in Redding?
(a) Money
(b) Cows
(c) Food
(d) Guns

4. What does Sam do when he sees his father?
(a) Talks to him
(b) Runs away
(c) Yells at him
(d) Hugs him

5. Why do the soldiers not believe that Sam took the family gun to join the Rebels?
(a) Because they do not have him in their registry
(b) Because Mr. Meeker has a reputation for lying
(c) Because Redding is filled with Tories
(d) Because Sam is too young to fight

6. What are the soldiers demanding from Mr. Meeker?
(a) Food
(b) Ale
(c) Money
(d) The family gun

7. Where do the Meekers' cousins, the Platts, live?
(a) Roanoke
(b) Darien
(c) North Salem
(d) Hartford

8. What is becoming hard to find in Redding?
(a) Food
(b) Books
(c) Clothing
(d) Money

9. What will happen to Sam if the soldiers see him at the tavern?
(a) He will have to switch companies
(b) He will be shot at sunrise
(c) He will be hanged for deserting
(d) He will be deported

10. What has happened to Mr. Meeker's newspaper?
(a) It is finally making a profit
(b) It is banned
(c) It is defunct
(d) It is thriving

11. Right now, to Tim, glory seems more important than _____________.
(a) Honor
(b) School
(c) Money
(d) Respect

12. Why is Betsy making this trip?
(a) To buy some dress material
(b) To see her grandmother
(c) To register for a new school
(d) To see Sam

13. Mr. Meeker tells Tim that children caught up in the war could be killed or ______________________.
(a) Maimed
(b) Shipped off on prison ships
(c) Put in prisoner of war camps
(d) Forced to fight

14. In Redding, _______ is a topic of constant discussion.
(a) Fashion
(b) Music
(c) War
(d) Art

15. Who does Tim encounter on the road?
(a) Mr. Meeker
(b) Sam
(c) Tom Warrups
(d) Betsy Read

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Meeker says that Mr. Meeker and Sam are very ______________.

2. Who pushes Tim to pick a side over the war?

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

4. Where is Sam when Tim finds him?

5. Tim finds that it is hard to ___________________.

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