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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 a major problem for the people in Redding now?
(a) Bad weather
(b) Illness
(c) Hunger
(d) Bankruptcy

2. Who does Tim go to for help for Sam?
(a) General Putnam
(b) General Parsons
(c) General Greene
(d) General Arnold

3. Which of the following things has not worn down Mrs. Meeker's spirit?
(a) Sam's arrest
(b) Taking in sewing
(c) Mr. Meeker's death
(d) Hunger

4. Who is Tim sent to bring back to the tavern?
(a) Mr. Burr
(b) Mr. Beach
(c) Sam
(d) Dr. Hobart

5. What does Tim realize now that his father is gone?
(a) He is the man of the house
(b) He needs his guidance
(c) He needs a gun
(d) He misses their talks

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it good that Tim's wound is superficial?

2. Who later arrives at the tavern to discuss the war?

3. The Meeker family learns that General Putnam ______________________.

4. What is it about Sam that Tim still cannot figure out?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Tim's philosophies on his country and the war that took so much from his family.

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

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

4. Characterize the demeanor and outlooks of the soldiers at this point in the war.

5. What impact has the war had on Mother as seen through Tim's eyes?

6. What are the dire straits for people like Mother and Tim?

7. What is an irony related to Sam's trial?

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

9. What are Tim's personal frustrations as the war drags on and on?

10. Describe Mother's state of mind at this point in the story.

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