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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 arrives unexpectedly at the Meeker tavern?
(a) Sam Meeker
(b) Tim Meeker
(c) Mr. Meeker
(d) Mr. Beach

2. What town does Mr. Meeker hope to avoid on the return trip?
(a) Ridgebury
(b) Hartford
(c) Groton
(d) Millersville

3. What unfamiliar sound disturbs Tim?
(a) His father's weeping
(b) Sam's screams
(c) His mother's wheezing
(d) The cows' grunts

4. What are the soldiers demanding from Mr. Meeker?
(a) Money
(b) Ale
(c) The family gun
(d) Food

5. Who does Tim encounter on the road?
(a) Betsy Read
(b) Sam
(c) Mr. Meeker
(d) Tom Warrups

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pushes Tim to pick a side over the war?

2. What are some of the men doing to Mrs. Meeker?

3. Where do Tim and his cousin sleep?

4. What does Tim do when Mr. Meeker does his trading?

5. Who stops Mr. Meeker and Tim on their trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. In addition to uncertainty, how is powerlessness an important element in what the people of Redding are experiencing?

2. What are two situations that foreshadow upcoming events?

3. Explain the nature of Tim's quandary regarding his position on the war.

4. What is the significance of obedience in the novel?

5. What is the religious split in Redding?

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

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

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

9. How does Tim see evidence that Sam is a lot like Father?

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

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