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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. What is becoming hard to find in Redding?
(a) Clothing
(b) Food
(c) Books
(d) Money

2. What have the locals formed to keep things under control?
(a) North Salem Mounted Police
(b) Westchester police force
(c) Ku Klux Klan
(d) Committee of Safety

3. In what month of the year does the novel begin?
(a) December
(b) May
(c) August
(d) April

4. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Sam Meeker
(b) Mrs. Meeker
(c) Tim Meeker
(d) Mr. Meeker

5. According to Mr. Platt, thievery and _____________ have taken over their county.
(a) Spying
(b) Secrecy
(c) Hangings
(d) Hostility

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Meeker does not give up the gun, what does the soldier do?

2. What has Sam come home to get?

3. Which of the following does not concern Mr. Meeker about the trip?

4. Which of the following is not one of Tim's chores at the tavern?

5. Why is Tim so intent on delivering messages for Mr. Heron?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the crisis point for Tim and what choice does he face regarding the gun?

4. How does the author use religion as a theme in this book?

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

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

7. How does the author show the reality of war for Tim and Father in Chapter 7?

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

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

10. How does the author characterize Sam?

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