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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 does Tim realize now that his father is gone?

2. What do the cow-boys think of what Tim has told them?

3. According to Tim, Sam gets all the _________ while Tim gets all the work.

4. Who does Tim go to for help for Sam?

5. How many years after Sam's death does the war end?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the dire straits for people like Mother and Tim?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Characterize the demeanor and outlooks of the soldiers at this point in the war.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of religion in the American Revolution? Who were the Anglicans? Who were the Presbyterians? What political significance did the Anglican Church have in America?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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