My Brother Sam is Dead Test Review

Who said, "let the dead bury the dead"?

• Life Meeker (Father)
• Mr. Heron
• Sam Meeker
• Mother

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who wants to attend Sam's execution?

• Tim Meeker
• Mother
• Betsy Read
• Mr. Heron

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why is Sam arrested?

• Spying for the Tories
• Accused of stealing cattle
• Left his post to see Betsy Read
• Kidnapping his father

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What do Tim and his mother do before they go cut the beef from the cow?

• They pray for Sam and the end of the war
• They sharpen their knives
• They drink rum in the tavern
• They recruit Tom Warrups to help

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who is torn between both sides of the war?

• Sam Meeker
• Life Meeker (father)
• Tim Meeker
• Betsy Read

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who said, "in war the dead pay the debts for the living"?

• Mr. Heron
• Life Meeker (father)
• Mother
• Tim Meeker

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What happens to Life when Tim and him are traveling back from Verplancks Point?

• He gets lost
• He is captured
• He takes a detour to find more food
• He dies from the cold weather

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What happens to Sam at the end of the novel?

• He is pardoned and set free
• He becomes a general for the Patriot army
• He leaves the army to help Tim run the tavern
• He is executed

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

True or False: Benedict Arnold leads the English army.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who wrote, "if this message is received, we know that the messenger is reliable"?

• Tom Warrups
• Colonel Read
• Mr. Heron
• Jerry Sanford

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3