2. The Meeker family learns that General Putnam ______________________.
(a) Has refused clemency
(b) Has been killed
(c) Has granted clemency
(d) Has left the encampment

3. Why is it good that Tim's wound is superficial?
(a) No one can prove he was at the stockade
(b) Dr. Hobart can't come to the tavern tonight
(c) Penicillin had not been invented yet
(d) His mother would not survive if he were wounded

4. The lives and deaths of many of the characters, including Jerry Sanford and _________, were written here as they were recorded.
(a) Marcus
(b) Paul
(c) Maggie
(d) Ned

5. What advice does Sam give Mrs. Meeker and Tim?
(a) Move to a state further west
(b) Send Tim to Yale
(c) Slaughter the cattle and hide the meat
(d) Sell the tavern

6. Who is Colonel Read?
(a) A Patriot opposed to the war
(b) A Patriot officer
(c) A Tory officer
(d) A British officer

7. There really was a ____________ family in Redding.
(a) Meeker
(b) McMecham
(c) Stafford
(d) Wright

8. Who runs the tavern now that Mr. Meeker is gone?
(a) Sam
(b) Tim and Mrs. Meeker
(c) Tom Warrups
(d) Mr. Beach

9. What does Tim think has happened to his father?
(a) He has fallen off his horse and is lost
(b) He has been disoriented in the snow
(c) The cow-boys have ambushed him
(d) He has taken a shortcut

10. Why did the authors use modern language for the story?
(a) It is hard to tell how people talked in those days
(b) It is easier to read what you're familiar with
(c) To make it a shorter book
(d) Words had different meanings in those days

11. What is the outcome of Sam's trial?
(a) He is sentenced to hard labor
(b) He is exonerated
(c) He is to be executed
(d) He is sent to a prison camp

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

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

14. Who is one of the people taken away by the British soldiers?
(a) Tim
(b) Tom
(c) Jerry
(d) Sam

15. What do Mrs. Meeker and Tim do after all the people have left the tavern?
(a) Pray
(b) Bolt the door
(c) Pack their clothes
(d) Hide