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My Brother Sam is Dead Final

Quiz by Sandy Gancarcik

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  • Q1
    What upsetting news did Sam bring to his family?
    He was marrying Betsy Read at Christmas.
    The British soldiers were marching toward Redding.
    The British soldiers had marched into Lexington and Concord
    He had decided to quit Yale.
    120s
  • Q2
    Tim heard his father crying and realized that "there were bad times coming" because
    His father would never forgive Sam for disobeying him.
    His parents were arguing.
    He would have to do all the work around the tavern.
    He had never heard his father cry.
    120s
  • Q3
    In the plot. the event that started the story and changed lives occurred when:
    Sam and Life argued about politics.
    Mr. Beach explained that only madmen support the war.
    Sam arrived home and announced that he was joining the army.
    Tim realized that Sam had stolen Father's gun.
    120s
  • Q4
    In the following sentence, "Sam always got scornful when other people disagreed with him," scornful means
    irritated and furious
    full of contempt
    worried and fretful
    embarrassed and shy
    120s
  • Q5
    After reading about Sam and his father, the reader could conclude that
    Sam had absolutely no respect for his father.
    Sam had a difficult life living with a dominating father.
    Sam wanted to be independent from his father.
    Tim liked to watch his father and brother become angry with each other.
    120s
  • Q6
    When Sam said, "Captain Arnold will lead us through the Lobsterbacks like a hot knife slicing through butter," he was using figurative language to show
    How weak the Lobsterbacks, the British army, were during this time in history.
    How hungry the colonial army was after years of war with the British.
    how Captain Arnold's leadership would help to defeat the British Redcoats
    What an excellent chef Captain Arnold was.
    120s
  • Q7
    When Tim described his chores, the authors were using the setting to show
    a different way of life - the activities necessary during the colonial times.
    The circumstances of the Revolutionary War in colonial Massachusetts.
    The difficulties of being an only child in wartime.
    The anger in Tim's unwillingness to help his family.
    120s
  • Q8
    As fall began, Betsy Read visited the Meeker family. Her reasons are best summarized as
    an effort to share the war news by reading Sam's letters.
    attempts to stay close to Sam's family because she hears nothing from him.
    an effort to let Tim know that Sam has returned.
    attempts to flirt with Time who is becoming more interesting than Sam.
    120s
  • Q9
    As Tim watched the Continental Officers beating Life, he realized that the
    Life Meeker was unwilling to show his support for the King of England.
    the Continental Army treated villagers of New England harshly.
    he had to get the Brown Bess that Sam had stolen.
    life in New England was becoming difficult for Patriots.
    120s
  • Q10
    Life refused to allow Tim to carry messages for Mr. Heron because
    Mr. Heron was a Tory who owned a slave.
    Life knew Time would have trouble on the long road to Fairfield.
    Life had lost one son to the war and would not be involved.
    Life had argued for years with Mr. Heron and he did not trust him.
    120s
  • Q11
    As Tim was talking to Betsy on Fairfield Road, the reader learned about Tim when he
    wrestled her to the ground, trying to get the letter he had shown her.
    bragged to Betsy about the shad he caught while fishing with Jerry.
    realized he should not argue with Betsy about the war.
    said he was blushing from telling so many lies because lying is a sin.
    120s
  • Q12
    The trip to Verplancks can best be summarized in the following manner:
    colonial New England was peaceful in spite of the war in the southern colonies.
    thieves, such as 'cow-boys,' have harassed honest people forever.
    being a Tory sympathizer increased the dangers to Life Meeker.
    Tim learned his father's job was easier than he thought.
    120s
  • Q13
    As Tim and his father returned to Redding, Life decided
    that Tim had been a poor traveling companion.
    to reward Time for the chores he did at the tavern.
    to spend every night in the taverns on the road home.
    that they had to return on the road where the cowboys were.
    120s
  • Q14
    When the cowboys stopped him, Tim saved himself by acting as if
    he was a Patriot who was taking a wagon load to the next town.
    he was expecting them, and had been instructed to fall flat when the shooting started.
    colonial soldiers from Verplancks were waiting in ambush to protect him.
    his father would be coming any minute, ready to defend his wagon.
    120s
  • Q15
    After Tim's father was captured, live in the tavern was different because
    Susannah was certain that the Continentals would kill Life because he was a Tory.
    Tim and Susannah even had to do chores on Sunday.
    Sussannah stopped writing letters to Sam.
    prices stopped going up and lower depreciation meant that they were making a profit.
    120s

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