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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is not involved in the Tea Party?
(a) Dove.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Rab.
(d) Tweedie.

2. What caused Johnny's accident?
(a) Furnace exploded.
(b) Runaway Horse.
(c) A cracked crucible.
(d) Broken hammer.

3. Who is "Old Grandsire?"
(a) Rab's grandfather.
(b) The Lapham's dog.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Lyte's black stallion.

4. What do the colonists find unfair about Parliament?
(a) Restrictions on publishing their own literature.
(b) Refusal to supply free food.
(c) No representation.
(d) Lack of political support.

5. Who is the youngest Lapham daughter?
(a) Madge.
(b) Jane.
(c) Cilla.
(d) Isannah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to hire Johnny away from Mr. Lapham?

2. Why does John Hancock scold Johnny?

3. Which of these books did Johnny not read?

4. Who teaches Johnny to ride a horse?

5. Where was Mr. Tweedie's hometown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Lapham reluctant to allow Johnny to finish the piece for John Hancock?

2. Why is the silver cup important to Lyte?

3. Why does Johnny criticize Dove's work? How does Dove respond to Johnny’s criticism?

4. Why does Mr. Lapham tell Johnny to find a new job? How does this impact Johnny?

5. What allows Johnny to overcome his fear of Goblin?

6. Why does Isannah recoil from Johnny’s hand? How does Johnny respond?

7. What presents does Johnny give to Cilla and Isannah in Chapter 3? Why does he get these gifts for them?

8. How are the Lapham daughters described in Chapter 1? Who is Johnny most attracted to and why?

9. Why does Johnny go to Paul Revere for advice? How does Revere advice Johnny?

10. How is the political atmosphere of the fall of 1773 described in Chapter 6?

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