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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 admit for the first time?
(a) Mr. Meeker might be dead
(b) She is glad Sam went to war
(c) Tim has permission to go to war
(d) She never was a Loyalist

2. There really was a ____________ family in Redding.
(a) Meeker
(b) McMecham
(c) Wright
(d) Stafford

3. The setting, _____________, and events in this story are true.
(a) Two of the characters
(b) Many of the characters
(c) All of the characters
(d) None of the characters

4. Where had Mr. Meeker been sent after his capture?
(a) A British prison ship
(b) A labor camp in New York
(c) A stockade in Hartford
(d) A Rebel prison

5. Who is the General Sam serves under?
(a) General Putnam
(b) General Greene
(c) General Hall
(d) General Billington

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Jerry Sanford?

2. On what day will Sam be executed?

3. Which of the following does Tim not see which would indicate an altercation?

4. Who is one of the people taken away by the British soldiers?

5. Why does Tim go to Sam's execution?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens that makes Tim feel he is no longer a Tory?

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

4. How has Mother evolved in the story to this point?

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

6. How does Tim exhibit the same planning capabilities as his father?

7. What are Tim and Mother's attempts to free Sam from his imprisonment?

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

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

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

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