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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 does Mrs. Meeker claim about Continental soldiers?
(a) She hopes they rot in hell
(b) She will never serve another one again
(c) She wishes she could give them meals
(d) She thinks they are very brave

2. What do Mrs. Meeker and Tim do after all the people have left the tavern?
(a) Pray
(b) Pack their clothes
(c) Bolt the door
(d) Hide

3. Mrs. Meeker believes that her husband is ________________.
(a) Still alive
(b) Dead
(c) Wounded
(d) A prisoner

4. Of what did Mr. Meeker die?
(a) Gun shot
(b) Malaria
(c) Cholera
(d) Diptheria

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Tim approaches the stockade, he __________________ and throws the bayonet over the wall.

2. What does Tim begin to resent?

3. What is the outcome of Sam's trial?

4. What decision does Tim make?

5. What does Sam say about Mr. Meeker?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tim exhibit that he has the qualities to become the man of the house?

2. What is General Putnam's final decision regarding clemency for Sam?

3. What are Tim's options when faced with the critical decision after his father disappears?

4. What are the circumstances surrounding Tim's transition from a child to an adult?

5. Why does Tim begin to resent his new life?

6. What disturbing news do Mother and Tim receive in June of 1777?

7. What happens to Tim and Mother after the war is over?

8. In what ways do people show courage other than actually fighting in the war?

9. In what context do the authors want the reader to view the events of the Revolutionary War?

10. What effort did Sam make to try to save Father after he heard about his capture?

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