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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 Tim take with him to try to rescue Sam?
(a) A knife
(b) Soldiers
(c) A bayonet
(d) A rifle

2. What scares the cow-boys away?
(a) Gun shots from the woods
(b) The approach of Loyalists
(c) A dog barking in the distance
(d) The approach of Rebels

3. Which of the following does Tim think his father would not expect of him?
(a) To get the wagon load of goods back home
(b) To realize his father will escape on his own
(c) To do the responsible thing and continue onward
(d) To follow the trail into the woods

4. What happened to Jerry Sanford?
(a) He moved to California
(b) He died in battle
(c) He died on a prison ship
(d) He became a British soldier

5. What advice does Sam give Mrs. Meeker and Tim?
(a) Send Tim to Yale
(b) Move to a state further west
(c) Sell the tavern
(d) Slaughter the cattle and hide the meat

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mrs. Meeker and Tim do after the war?

2. What does Tim think about Sam's being taken away as a cattle thief?

3. What does Tim do when Mr. Meeker has been gone too long?

4. Who arrives in Redding on April 26, 1777?

5. What does Mrs. Meeker admit for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do the authors balance reality and fiction in this book?

6. What is Tim's overwhelming sense of futility related to the war?

7. Describe the reunion of Sam, Tim and Mother.

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

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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