My Brother Sam Is Dead Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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My Brother Sam Is Dead Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does war mean for Tim?
(a) Going to church more often
(b) Time off from school
(c) No more chores
(d) Far-off battles

2. Who does Tim try to avoid by the end of summer?
(a) Mr. Beach
(b) Mr. Heron
(c) Betsy Read
(d) Mr. Meeker

3. Who is the younger boy from church who talks to Tim about Sam's fight with their father?
(a) Jerry Beach
(b) Jacob Sanford
(c) Jerry Sanford
(d) James Sanford

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

5. Who is the girl that Sam likes?
(a) Betsy Read
(b) Betsy Redding
(c) Bessie Read
(d) Bonnie Redding

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

7. What have the locals formed to keep things under control?
(a) Ku Klux Klan
(b) Westchester police force
(c) North Salem Mounted Police
(d) Committee of Safety

8. What does Mrs. Meeker often tell Betsy?
(a) "Waste not, want not."
(b) "Early to bed, early to rise."
(c) "A penny saved is a penny earned."
(d) "Idle hands make the Devil's work."

9. What does Tim sense about his father?
(a) He does not want to lose another son
(b) He is very sick
(c) He cannot decide which side of the war to support
(d) He is a Rebel at heart

10. Which of the following items to be sold in the tavern will Mr. Meeker not purchase on the trip?
(a) Sewing supplies
(b) Cooking supplies
(c) Rum
(d) Sheet music

11. Who rescues Mr. Meeker and Tim?
(a) British soldiers
(b) Mr. Heron
(c) Mr. Burr
(d) Loyalists

12. Why does Tim say he needs the gun?
(a) Hunting season is coming up
(b) The soldiers will kill their father if he does not give them the gun
(c) The family is being harrassed by Rebels
(d) He wants to join the Rebels

13. Where is Sam when Tim finds him?
(a) Betsy's house
(b) A treehouse
(c) Tom Warrups' shack
(d) The abandoned mine

14. According to Mr. Platt, thievery and _____________ have taken over their county.
(a) Hangings
(b) Secrecy
(c) Spying
(d) Hostility

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam want to do instead of return to school?

2. Why is Betsy making this trip?

3. What does Tim take with him the next morning to Mr. Heron's house?

4. In Redding, _______ is a topic of constant discussion.

5. What nickname does Sam call the British soldiers?

(see the answer keys)

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