What causes Mother to be depressed towards the end of the book?
She has lost her husband and is going to lose a son.
100
What kind of business did the Meekers run?
A tavern
200
Who was Sam's girlfriend who tried to get Tim to spy for them?
Betsy Read
200
Where did Tim and Father go to get supplies for the tavern?
Verplanks Point
200
Did Sam want freedom or was he loyal to the King?
wanted freedom
200
Why did Sam's girlfriend open the letter Tim was carrying for Mr. Heron?
She thought it was a spy report on Sam.
200
How was Sam executed?
He was shot.
300
Who was the Indian who let Sam stay with him?
Tom Warrups
300
Which of the following events happened last?
Father is captured.
Cowboys stop Tim and Father.
Tim tells the cowboys there is an escort coming.
Men come to the tavern to disarm the Tories.
Father is captured.
300
Did Father want freedom or was he loyal to the King?
loyal to the King
300
Why did people think General Putnam was going to execute Sam even though he was not guilty?
He wanted to make an example of him.
300
Name 3 terms used in the book to describe people who were loyal to the King.
Tories, Lobsterbacks, Loyalists, Redcoats
400
Which character who really lived in Redding was somewhat of a double agent during the war?
Mr. Heron
400
Where did Sam go to college before joining the war?
Yale
400
What was Sam accused and found guilty of?
Stealing cattle from his family
400
What caused Timmy's attempted rescue of Sam to be worthless?
Sam had been moved.
400
Name 3 terms used in the book to describe people who wanted freedom.
Patriots, Continentals, Rebels, Minutemen
500
Who was Sam's leader who was actually a real leader and later became a traitor?
Benedict Arnold
500
When did Tim write the story of his brother?
A. As it was happening.
B. When he was dying.
C. On the 50th anniversary of our Independence.
D. Ten years after his mother died.
C. On the 50th anniversary of our Independence.
500
What did Sam steal from his father at the beginning of the book?
Gun, the Brown Bess
500
What reasons does Tim give for writing this story?
He wants people to understand what the cost of freedom was, or he wonders if there was another way to gain freedom.
500
Where was Tim going when he saw the beheading of Ned?
He was going to find Dr. Hobarts because there was a wounded messenger.