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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following does not portray war in this book?
(a) Struggle
(b) Sacrifices
(c) Glory
(d) Suffering
2. What does Tim begin to resent?
(a) Not being able to travel
(b) Not going to war
(c) Being a Loyalist
(d) Working at the tavern
3. On what day will Sam be executed?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Monday
(d) Friday
4. Where does Mrs. Meeker refuse to go on Sunday?
(a) Sam's appeal trial
(b) A Loyalist meeting
(c) A mandatory church service
(d) A sewing circle
5. Who is Tim sent to bring back to the tavern?
(a) Mr. Beach
(b) Dr. Hobart
(c) Sam
(d) Mr. Burr
6. According to the new Rebel laws, people can use ________________ as currency.
(a) Commissary notes
(b) Property
(c) Livestock
(d) Bonds
7. What is a major problem for the people in Redding now?
(a) Bankruptcy
(b) Illness
(c) Bad weather
(d) Hunger
8. Which of the following does Tim not see which would indicate an altercation?
(a) A trail into the woods
(b) Bloody clothes
(c) Many hoofprints
(d) Churned up mud
9. Who arrives in Redding on April 26, 1777?
(a) Sam
(b) The British soldiers
(c) Mr. Burr
(d) Mr. Meeker
10. As Tim approaches the stockade, he __________________ and throws the bayonet over the wall.
(a) Runs as fast as he can
(b) Slips stealthily closer
(c) Screams at the top of his lungs
(d) Calls out Sam's name
11. What does Mrs. Meeker shove at Captain Betts for trying to involve Tim in the war?
(a) A chair
(b) A skillet
(c) A rifle
(d) A poker
12. According to General Putnam, _________________ is not as important to him as winning the war.
(a) Who he executes
(b) Going home
(c) Getting new uniforms
(d) Feeding the troops
13. What is the outcome of Sam's trial?
(a) He is sentenced to hard labor
(b) He is sent to a prison camp
(c) He is exonerated
(d) He is to be executed
14. Who accompanies Tim to Sam's execution?
(a) No one
(b) Betsy
(c) Mr. Beach
(d) Mrs. Meeker
15. Who is the only person who can change Sam's verdict?
(a) General Putnam
(b) General Washington
(c) General Parsons
(d) Colonel Read
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to anyone caught stealing cattle?
2. The setting, _____________, and events in this story are true.
3. What decision does Tim make?
4. What scares the cow-boys away?
5. Why does Tim go to Sam's execution?
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