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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tim hear as he is chopping wood?
(a) Birds chirping
(b) The sound of horses
(c) Sam calling to him
(d) Betsy singing

2. What town will the person in #65 be found?
(a) Darien
(b) Fairfield
(c) Redding
(d) Hartford

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Betsy tell Sam she is going?
(a) Darien
(b) Groton
(c) Hartford
(d) Horseneck

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

9. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Mrs. Meeker
(b) Sam Meeker
(c) Mr. Meeker
(d) Tim Meeker

10. Who is the cousin that Tim meets?
(a) Ezekiel
(b) Ebenezer
(c) Ezrah
(d) Elijah

11. Mr. Meeker feels it is not worth going to war for ________________.
(a) At least another year
(b) Ungrateful people
(c) Any reason
(d) A few taxes

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

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

14. What does Tim take with him the next morning to Mr. Heron's house?
(a) Fishing line and hooks
(b) A picnic lunch
(c) Books
(d) Fresh vegetables

15. What does Betsy call Tim?
(a) A Patriot
(b) A Tory
(c) A flirt
(d) An idiot

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the soldiers taken from the people in Redding?

2. What do the men accuse Mr. Meeker of being?

3. Right now, to Tim, glory seems more important than _____________.

4. What does Tim do when Mr. Meeker does his trading?

5. Why does Tim say he needs the gun?

(see the answer keys)

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