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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to come up with some escape plans for Sam?
(a) Tom Warrups
(b) Mrs. Meeker
(c) Tim and Betsy
(d) Mr. Beach

2. What does Mrs. Meeker talk to Colonel Read about?
(a) Mr. Meeker
(b) Tim
(c) Sam
(d) The tavern

3. What does the wounded man say that the British soldiers were after?
(a) Horses
(b) Food
(c) Munitions
(d) Ale

4. What does Tim tell Mrs. Meeker to get her to go to the barn?
(a) The cow is hurt
(b) Mr. Meeker has come home
(c) A wounded man is inside
(d) A fire has started

5. According to Tim, Sam gets all the _________ while Tim gets all the work.
(a) Adventure
(b) Glory
(c) Travel
(d) Money

6. What news do Mrs. Meeker and Tim receive in June of 1777?
(a) The war is over
(b) Mr. Meeker is dead
(c) Sam is dead
(d) Sam has returned

7. What does Sam plan to do after his enlistment is up in two months?
(a) Re-enlist
(b) Marry Betsy
(c) Return to school
(d) Come home

8. Who does Mrs. Meeker speak to on Sam's behalf?
(a) General Parsons
(b) General Cornwallis
(c) General Putnam
(d) General Billington

9. Why does Sam appear to be in trouble that cannot be mitigated?
(a) He gave food to the British
(b) He sold guns to the enemy
(c) He was a spy
(d) He deserted his post

10. Why does Mr. Meeker ride ahead on the trip back home?
(a) To light the way
(b) To look for cow-boys
(c) To check the roads
(d) To clear a path

11. What do the cow-boys think of what Tim has told them?
(a) It is the truth
(b) It is crazy talk
(c) It is an ambush
(d) It is a lie

12. Why does Tim go to Sam's execution?
(a) He knows Sam would want someone there
(b) He plans to rescue him
(c) He hopes for an appeal
(d) He needs to see it to believe it

13. How many years after Sam's death does the war end?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 2

14. What other factor is not in Sam's favor?
(a) He went A.W.O.L. before
(b) He has a reputation for fighting
(c) He hit an officer
(d) He comes from a Tory family

15. What do Mrs. Meeker and Tim do after the war?
(a) Move to California
(b) Go to Florida
(c) Re-build the tavern
(d) Move to Pennsylvania

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Betts order Tim to do?

2. Where is Tim hit with a musket ball as he runs away?

3. What is a major problem for the people in Redding now?

4. What does Tim realize now that his father is gone?

5. What happens on December 3, 1778?

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