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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 does Betsy ask Tim one day?

2. Which of the following is not one of Tim's chores at the tavern?

3. What does Tim try hard not to think about?

4. What does Mrs. Meeker often tell Betsy?

5. Who spends a lot of time hanging out at the tavern this summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the author characterize Sam?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Tim's philosophy of life in 1826, 50 years after the Revolutionary War. Is he bitter? Is he resigned? What was the purpose of his life? Does he think the sacrifices were warranted for what he has?

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

Describe the setting of the novel. Be sure to include major locations, dates and places in your description and be as thorough as possible.

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