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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. Who is Tim's teacher?

3. Who runs the tavern now that Mr. Meeker is gone?

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

5. Who does Tim find in the church where many of the soldiers are staying?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Tim exhibit that he has the qualities to become the man of the house?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Father means when he says, "In war the dead pay the debts for the living." Cite examples to support your explanation.

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 1 opens with a pounding rain that sounds like drums foreshadowing the coming of war. Explain foreshadowing. Why is this example considered to be foreshadowing? Can you cite two other examples of foreshadowing in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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