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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. How does Tim distract himself while waiting?

2. What would Mr. Meeker and Tim do if they see cow-boys?

3. What does Captain Betts order Tim to do?

4. Tim eventually studies __________ and surveying.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain how reason seems to have been suspended due to the war.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolism of Tim's trip to Verplancks Point with his father? What does he encounter? What decisions is he forced to make? How is this another turning point for Tim?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the irony of Sam's being arrested and eventually killed for being a cattle thief.

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