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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 do soldiers on both sides of the war now steal?

2. Which of the following items to be sold in the tavern will Mr. Meeker not purchase on the trip?

3. What nickname does Sam call the British soldiers?

4. Who does Tim try to avoid by the end of summer?

5. What is a Tory?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the war taken a toll on the security of ordinary people during this time?

2. How does Tim feel about going on the trip with Father?

3. How does the author show the close bond between Tim and Sam even during this time of conflict?

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

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

6. What is Father's position about Sam's wanting to go to war?

7. Why does Tim want to work for Mr. Heron?

8. What is so mysterious about Mr. Heron?

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

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

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

Sam takes Brown Bess, Father's gun, which is an affront to the family on several levels. Describe the physical and psychological effect this one act of theft has on the Meeker family.

Essay Topic 3

As the war wages on, Tim becomes less enamored of the glory he had hoped to have one day and focuses on the reality of surviving. Explain why Tim's efforts at home were just as noble as Sam's in the field.

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