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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on December 3, 1778?

2. Where is Mr. Meeker buried?

3. What other factor is not in Sam's favor?

4. How does Tim feel after Sam leaves?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain why Tim feels trapped in an impossible situation.

6. How does Sam respond to Mother's pleas that Sam return home?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character description of Tim Meeker. What are his motivations and convictions? What are his character flaws? In what ways is he heroic?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Sam's sudden appearance at the Meeker Tavern so unsettling? Where is Sam supposed to be? How is he dressed? What is his demeanor?

Essay Topic 3

Father cannot understand the need to go to war for a few taxes while Sam cannot understand his not wanting complete independence from England. Name some of the taxes and restrictions which precipitated the American Revolution and why the colonists rebelled against them.

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