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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Tim supposed to deliver a message to?
(a) Mr. Jefferson
(b) Mr. Adams
(c) Mr. Franklin
(d) Mr. Burr
2. Mr. Meeker tells Tim that children caught up in the war could be killed or ______________________.
(a) Maimed
(b) Put in prisoner of war camps
(c) Forced to fight
(d) Shipped off on prison ships
3. Which of the following items to be sold in the tavern will Mr. Meeker not purchase on the trip?
(a) Sheet music
(b) Rum
(c) Cooking supplies
(d) Sewing supplies
4. Who pushes Tim to pick a side over the war?
(a) Jerry
(b) Betsy
(c) Tom
(d) Sam
5. Who is the cousin that Tim meets?
(a) Elijah
(b) Ebenezer
(c) Ezekiel
(d) Ezrah
Short Answer Questions
1. What are some of the men doing to Mrs. Meeker?
2. Who spends a lot of time hanging out at the tavern this summer?
3. Who does Tim encounter on the road?
4. How does Betsy signal to Tim that Sam has returned?
5. What does Tim do when Mr. Meeker does his trading?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the nature of Tim's quandary regarding his position on the war.
2. How does the author show that Tim is growing up?
3. Why does Tim want to work for Mr. Heron?
4. What is Father's position about Sam's wanting to go to war?
5. What is the nature of the conversation between Tim and Ezekiel?
6. How is Tim showing more maturity than Sam at this point in the story?
7. How involved in the war is Redding in the summer of 1775?
8. How is the author showing how Tim is more like Sam than he might want to think?
9. How does the author show the close bond between Tim and Sam even during this time of conflict?
10. Why does Tim go ahead with his plans to work for Mr. Heron in spite of his father's objections?
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