My Brother Sam is Dead Ch. 4-6

Why are the Continental soldiers looking for the Meeker family gun?

• They want to give it to Sam to help them fight the British.

• They want to see if Sam is telling the truth that he took his father’s gun.

• They are taking guns away from all the loyalists in Redding.

• They know that Sam has lost his gun so they are helping him look for it.

What does Tim think might happen to his father when the soldiers are in the tavern?

• He thinks that the soldiers might kill his father because they don’t have the gun.

• He thinks that the soldiers will get drunk and beat his father because he his a Tory.

• He thinks that they might burn the tavern down because his father is a Patriot.

• He thinks that the soldiers will get drunk and beat his father because he is a Patriot.

Why does Tim threaten to shoot Sam with the Brown Bess?

• because he is jealous that Sam is in the army.

• because Sam is coming to hurt or maybe even kill his father.

• because he wants to show Sam that he is as brave as he is.

• because Sam won’t give the gun back to keep their father from being hurt.

Why does Tim call Sam a coward?

• He thinks that Sam will never be brave enough to fight in a real battle.

• Sam will not face his parents or the soldiers at the tavern.

• He thinks that Sam could never kill someone.

• Sam will not come home to talk to his father because he is afraid of him.

What does Sam do when he sees his father?

• He runs to him and tells him what the Patriots are up to.

• Sam pretends that he doesn’t see him.

• Sam doesn’t act like he saw him and walks back to where he is staying.

• Sam waves and runs away.

In the beginning of Chapter 5, how does Tim describe the food supply in Redding?

• Food and supplies are hard to find and more expensive because of the war.

• Food and supplies are the same price they have always were even before the war.

• Food and supplies are easier to find and less expensive because of the war.

• Food and supplies are hard to get because the British have risen the taxes on them.

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Why is Life (the father) reluctant to let Tim work for Mr. Heron?

• He doesn’t trust him because Mr. Heron is a Patriot.

• He doesn’t like Mr. Heron because he is rich.

• He doesn’t trust him because he thinks he might put Tim in danger.

• He thinks that Tim could make more money working for someone else.

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Why is it ironic that Tim whistles Yankee Doodle?

• This is a Loyalist song, and he is delivering a Patriot message.

• This is a Patriot song and he is delivering a Patriot message.

• This is a Patriot song, and he is delivering a Loyalist message.

• This is a Loyalist song, and he is delivering a Loyalist message.

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Why does Betsy Read try to steal Tim’s letter?

• She is afraid that the letter is information that could get Sam hurt.

• She thinks that it is a love letter to Tim.

• She thinks it is a letter Sam wrote to her.

• She wants to deliver the letter herself.

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What does the letter from Mr. Heron mean?

• It is a spy letter about the British.

• It is a message testing if Tim can be trusted as a messenger.

• It is a spy letter about the Patriots.

• It is a spy letter telling where Sam’s company is.

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