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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 other factor is not in Sam's favor?

2. Where had Mr. Meeker been sent after his capture?

3. Why does Sam appear to be in trouble that cannot be mitigated?

4. According to General Putnam, _________________ is not as important to him as winning the war.

5. What does Tim begin to resent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Tim's philosophy of life in 1826, 50 years after the Revolutionary War. Is he bitter? Is he resigned? What was the purpose of his life? Does he think the sacrifices were warranted for what he has?

Essay Topic 2

As the war wages on, Tim becomes less enamored of the glory he had hoped to have one day and focuses on the reality of surviving. Explain why Tim's efforts at home were just as noble as Sam's in the field.

Essay Topic 3

Mother says that Sam and Father are very much alike but as time passes Tim also shows characteristics of his father. Describe how Tim is very much like his Father. Is he like Mother or Sam in any ways? Explain.

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