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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. What inspired the Observers to institute a spy system?
(a) The Redcoats stole their ammunition.
(b) Several horses go missing.
(c) A surprise attack at Breed's Hill.
(d) To attempt to rob couriers.

2. Who is a member of the Provincial Congress?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Jonathon Lyte.
(c) Joseph Warren.
(d) John Adams.

3. What is Isannah's nickname?
(a) Anna.
(b) Skipper.
(c) Izzy.
(d) Beetle.

4. Who makes the speech at the last Observers meeting?
(a) James Otis.
(b) Patrick Henry.
(c) John Hancock.
(d) Sam Adams.

5. Who is executed for desertion?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) Sergeant Gale.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Rab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location did the colonists look to for a sign?

2. Johnny is angered by whose skimpy costume in Chapter 7?

3. What group planned to head off the British?

4. How are Lavinia Lyte and Johnny's mother related?

5. Who pays Johnny to deliver messages?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johnny discover from the torn pieces of letters that Lydia gives him?

2. How is the Battle of Lexington described? Where do the troops go after this battle?

3. What happens when Rab sets up a meeting to buy a musket in Chapter 8?

4. What exchange does Johnny make with Pumpkin in Chapter 9?

5. What does Doctor Warren tell Johnny about his hand in the end of the novel?

6. Why isn't Johnny punished for treason for helping the British?

7. Why does Pumpkin want to desert the British military? How does he attempt to do so?

8. What does Doctor Warren tell Johnny to say to Billy Dawes in Chapter 10? Why?

9. Where does Rab say he is going on April 16 in Chapter 10? How does Johnny respond?

10. What does Johnny discover in the leather-bound book and in the Bible in Chapter 8? Why is this important to Johnny?

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