Journeys Grade 5 Lesson 15 Comprehension test

Joseph is different from his friends because he enlists ___.

• just for the money

• almost by accident

• sooner than the rest of them

• when he is younger than they are

Continentals differ from militiamen in that ___.

• continentals are volunteer soldiers

• militiamen get paid for their services

• continentals are professional soldiers

• militiamen always fight far from home

How does Joseph change between his first enlistment and his second?

• grows bored with fighting

• feels proud to be a soldier

• prefers to stay home and farm

• likes to drill and march in parades

How are Sybil and Paul Revere alike?

• both have a poem written about them

• both travel forty miles during their rides

• both get a postage stamp in their honor in 1975

• both make brave rides to notify colonists about danger

How are Joseph and Sybil similar?

• both own their own horse

• both work and live on farms

• their fathers are officers in the militia

• their actions help colonists defeat the British

Joseph and Sybil are both ___.

• happy to stay home and tend to their chores

• sorry they decide to get involved in the fight

• same age when they first help the war effort

• willing to endure hardship to help ensure freedom

Sybil shows she is more interested than Joseph in fighting by___.

• watching men drill in the pasture

• riding farther than Paul Revere did

• writing a diary of the Revolutionary War

• volunteering to help notify soldiers to come fight

How can you tell that Joseph is less eager than Sybil to help in the war effort?

• too young to enlist

• says he believes he is a coward

• enlists for the shortest time possible

• hates to stay home while his friends go to war

You can tell Sybil becomes more well-known than Joseph because ___.

• Colonel Ludington is her father

• Alexander Hamilton marries her

• Paul Revere congratulates her on her ride

• George Washington thanks her personally

Joseph and Sybil both ___.

• get married

• live to the age of ninety

• have bronze statues of themselves

• write books about their experiences