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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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

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

4. Who later arrives at the tavern to discuss the war?
(a) Continental soldiers
(b) Indian scouts
(c) British soldiers
(d) Spies

5. What decision does Tim make?
(a) Take the wagon home by himself
(b) Return to the Platts' home
(c) Scout the area for his father
(d) Wait for the cow-boys to reappear

6. Where is Tim hit with a musket ball as he runs away?
(a) Shoulder
(b) Neck
(c) Leg
(d) Back

7. What does Mrs. Meeker admit for the first time?
(a) She never was a Loyalist
(b) Tim has permission to go to war
(c) She is glad Sam went to war
(d) Mr. Meeker might be dead

8. Which of the following does Tim not see which would indicate an altercation?
(a) Churned up mud
(b) Bloody clothes
(c) A trail into the woods
(d) Many hoofprints

9. What happens to anyone caught stealing cattle?
(a) He must pay full price for them
(b) He must pay a dividend to the owner
(c) He will be hanged
(d) He must return them

10. Who is Tim's teacher?
(a) Mr. Heron
(b) Mr. Beach
(c) Mr. Morgan
(d) Mr. MacKenzie

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

12. Where had Mr. Meeker been sent after his capture?
(a) A stockade in Hartford
(b) A labor camp in New York
(c) A Rebel prison
(d) A British prison ship

13. Which of the following is not illegal to pray for now?
(a) Independence
(b) Parliament
(c) British soldiers
(d) The King

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about Sam that Tim still cannot figure out?

2. On what day will Sam be executed?

3. What does Tim tell Mrs. Meeker to get her to go to the barn?

4. In addition to his chores, Sam also has to __________________.

5. What other factor is not in Sam's favor?

(see the answer keys)

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