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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 supposed to send reinforcements to the British?
(a) Lieutenant Stranger.
(b) General Gage.
(c) Sergeant Gale.
(d) Percy.

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

3. Where is Johnny's mother buried?
(a) Cooper Ridge.
(b) Boston Common.
(c) Copp's Hill.
(d) Charlestown cemetery.

4. Who made smocks for Johnny?
(a) Cilla.
(b) Bessie.
(c) His mother.
(d) Dorcas.

5. The spy system is comprised of thirty men in what type of trade?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Livery attendants.
(c) Master craftsmen.
(d) Tavern owners.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Minute Men get their name?

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

4. Who goes on the ride to warn the Minute Men?

5. What objects were used to warn the colonists of the oncoming British?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johnny find at the Lytes’ home in Chapter 11?

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

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

4. What does the apple given to Johnny symbolize in Chapter 8?

5. Why would it be helpful to know where the British troops are going?

6. How do the British attempt to find information regarding the Observers?

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

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

9. What is the fiddler’s bill and what does it mean for the people of Boston?

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

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