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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 stops Mr. Meeker and Tim on their trip?
(a) Mr. Beach
(b) Cow-boys
(c) British soldiers
(d) Tom Warrups

2. What do the men accuse Mr. Meeker of being?
(a) A Rebel
(b) A spy
(c) An atheist
(d) A Tory

3. Why do the soldiers not believe that Sam took the family gun to join the Rebels?
(a) Because they do not have him in their registry
(b) Because Sam is too young to fight
(c) Because Redding is filled with Tories
(d) Because Mr. Meeker has a reputation for lying

4. What is a Tory?
(a) A creek
(b) Someone loyal to the King of England
(c) A barn dance
(d) A short story

5. What does Mrs. Meeker often tell Betsy?
(a) "A penny saved is a penny earned."
(b) "Waste not, want not."
(c) "Early to bed, early to rise."
(d) "Idle hands make the Devil's work."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many letters has Mrs. Meeker received from Sam?

2. Which of the following items to be sold in the tavern will Mr. Meeker not purchase on the trip?

3. What has Sam come home to get?

4. Where does Betsy tell Sam she is going?

5. Who does Tim encounter on the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author characterize Sam?

2. How is the author showing how Tim is more like Sam than he might want to think?

3. Explain the uncertainty of war experienced by the people in Redding.

4. How do Father and Tim interact now that Sam is gone?

5. What is the nature of the conversation between Tim and Ezekiel?

6. Why does Tim want to work for Mr. Heron?

7. What is the religious split in Redding?

8. Explain Tim's mixed feelings about the trip to Verplancks Point.

9. What is the difficult decision that Father must make in Chapter 7?

10. How involved in the war is Redding in the summer of 1775?

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