Main Idea
Plot Development
Author's Purpose
Comparsion/Cause and Effect
Vocabulary
100
Place the following events in the correct order. A. Sam comes home with General Arnold's army. B. Tim moves to Pennsylvania. C. Mother refuses to let Tim help Capatin Betts. D. Father acknowledges that he is proud of Sam.
C, D, A, B
100
What did the Tim find out in June 1777?
He found out Father was dead.
100
Why did the author include the description of Ned's beheading?
He included the beheading to show the ruthlessness and violence of the British army.
100
what was the reason Father threw Sam out of the house?
Sam wanted to join the war on the Rebel side and Father thought war accomplished nothing.
100
What does the word "desertion", mean?
an act of leaving military service or duty without the intention of returning.
200
Summarize the events that lead up to Tim coming home alone from Verplancks Point.
Father and Tim get caught in a snowstorm, Father goes ahead to make sure the cowboys are not on the road, he disappears. Tim decides not to risk going after Father, he fools the cowboys into believing that an escort is coming and Tim comes home safely.
200
What advantage did the two soldiers have over Sam during the court-martial?
They both told the same story and the General wanted to make an example of someone.
200
What does the authors mean when they say that, "In war the dead pay the debts for the living."
Wars force the young to dead so that the future generation will enjoy the benefits of their sacrifice.
200
What might have happened to Tim if he had followed Captain Betts' orders?
He would gotten involved in the war and could have been shot or taken hostage like Jerry Sanford.
200
What does the author mean when Sam says, "some men are unscrupulous by nature?"
Sam means that some men are naturally without a sense of right or wrong.
300
What happened between the time Sam came home for the gun and his visit three years later.
Father has diappeared and Tim and Mother has to take control of running the tavern.
300
What was the purpose of the wounded man's ride to Redding?
He had come to warn the people of Redding that the British Troops were coming.
300
What did the authors say about war?
War is unnecessary and conflict shoulld be solved in other wats
300
How does Tim's character differ from the first chapter to the end of the book?
Tim becomes less timid and is more confident as the book continues.
300
When Mrs. Meeker says she has "a terrible foreboding," what does she mean?
She needs that she has a feeling that something terrible will happen to Sam
400
What lesson was taught by Sam's execution?
War is not a game, impulsive actions have repercussions.
400
What happened between Father and the Patriots at the tavern?
They demanded the Brown Bess and slashed Father's cheek.
400
What was the author's purpose of having Mrs. Meeker refuse to go to the execution?
She refused to go to show how completely she was against the war and the the grief it had caused her.
400
How is Father's encounter with the cowboys going to Verplancks Points similar and different from his encounter with the Rebel soldiers at the tavern?
He was wounded in both encounters and both groups were on the Rebel side. However, he escaped the cowboys with the help of Loyalists at Verplancks.
400
Read the quotation from the article, "That General Putnam had refused our plea for clemency?" What does the phrase reveal about the General's personality?
The General is strict and determined to assert his power.
500
What facts can be gathered from General Putnam's determination to execute people found stealing or deserting?
There has been many instance of people deserting the army, troops are getting restless and the people of Redding are hostile to the troops.
500
Explain why Tim said, "I didn't feel much like being a Tory anymore."
He had just witnessed Ned being executed, Jerry Sanford being kidnapped and the messenger being shot passed over.
500
Which statement would the author most likely agree with, "I think it (war) will be worth it depite the death and destruction." "There are always injustices, that's the way of God's world. But you never get rid of injustices by fighting."
The second statement because the author spends the entire novel showing how unfair the war is and how "it turns men into beast."
500
Although they are on opposite sides, the Tories and Patriot soldiers are alike many ways. Give two ways that they are both similar.
They both are ruthless, the soldiers both suffer during the war.
500
Name a worde whose prefix means the same as the prefix in the word, "depreciation."
deduction, decrease
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