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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. Why is Betsy making this trip?

2. What does Betsy ask Tim one day?

3. Who pushes Tim to pick a side over the war?

4. With whom does Tim find time to play with after his chores?

5. Who is the Captain of Sam's company?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the author showing how Tim is more like Sam than he might want to think?

2. How is Tim showing more maturity than Sam at this point in the story?

3. What is Tim's position regarding Sam's taking Father's gun?

4. What is the difficult decision that Father must make in Chapter 7?

5. Explain the uncertainty of war experienced by the people in Redding.

6. How does Tim see evidence that Sam is a lot like Father?

7. What is the nature of the conversation between Tim and Ezekiel?

8. In addition to uncertainty, how is powerlessness an important element in what the people of Redding are experiencing?

9. What web of lies is Tim weaving related to working for Mr. Heron?

10. What are the arguments and sides that people are taking regarding England?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the personality similarities between Sam and Tim. How does each manage boy exhibit rebelliousness? Loyalty? Envy? Desire for glory?

Essay Topic 2

Father cannot understand the need to go to war for a few taxes while Sam cannot understand his not wanting complete independence from England. Name some of the taxes and restrictions which precipitated the American Revolution and why the colonists rebelled against them.

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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