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

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

4. What does Tim do when Mr. Meeker has been gone too long?
(a) He leaves the wagon and hides in the woods
(b) He drives the wagon forward
(c) He leaves the wagon and runs ahead to look for him
(d) He turns the wagon back toward town

5. Where does Mrs. Meeker refuse to go on Sunday?
(a) A mandatory church service
(b) A sewing circle
(c) A Loyalist meeting
(d) Sam's appeal trial

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

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

8. Who is the only person who can change Sam's verdict?
(a) General Putnam
(b) General Washington
(c) Colonel Read
(d) General Parsons

9. How does Tim feel after Sam leaves?
(a) Outraged
(b) Angry
(c) Disappointed
(d) Pleased

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

11. As Tim approaches the stockade, he __________________ and throws the bayonet over the wall.
(a) Screams at the top of his lungs
(b) Slips stealthily closer
(c) Runs as fast as he can
(d) Calls out Sam's name

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

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

14. The setting, _____________, and events in this story are true.
(a) Two of the characters
(b) Many of the characters
(c) None of the characters
(d) All of the characters

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