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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tim do when Mr. Meeker does his trading?
(a) Buys some candy
(b) Watches fishermen on the dock
(c) Walks through the town
(d) Makes some new friends

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

3. When Mr. Meeker does not give up the gun, what does the soldier do?
(a) Stabs him
(b) Cuts off his thumbs
(c) Cuts his face with a sword
(d) Shoots him

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

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

6. What does Mr. Heron want Tim to take to Fairfield?
(a) Business papers
(b) Logs
(c) His wife
(d) Cattle

7. Who pushes Tim to pick a side over the war?
(a) Sam
(b) Jerry
(c) Betsy
(d) Tom

8. Who is the minister for the Meeker family?
(a) Mr. Bacon
(b) Mr. Beacon
(c) Mr. Beach
(d) Mr. Brown

9. What does Betsy ask Tim one day?
(a) If he will teach her to fish
(b) If he will chop wood for the family
(c) If he will walk her to school
(d) If he can keep a secret should Sam come back

10. What does Tim do after taking the gun from Sam?
(a) Throws it in the river
(b) Shoots a warning shot
(c) Starts to run toward home
(d) Cleans it

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of Tim's chores at the tavern?

2. What is the name of Mr. Meeker's newspaper?

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

4. What are some of the men doing to Mrs. Meeker?

5. Who arrives unexpectedly at the Meeker tavern?

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