My Brother Sam is Dead Unit Test Review

What disturbs the peace at the Meekers' dinner on the April night when the story begins?

• Sam's arrival home

• the Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Father hitting Sam for talking back

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which side is Sam fighting in the war?

• the Tories

• The Patriots

• the Loyalists

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What makes the people of Redding different from the people in New Haven?

• They don't go to college as often in Redding.

• They are mostly Loyalists in Reddings.

• The are mostly Patriots in Redding.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why does Father order Sam to leave the house?

• because Sam is being disrespectful and dropping out of Yale

• because Sam is trying to force Tim to join the army

• because Sam is a Rebel and Father calls it treason

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How does Tim often feel while Same is gone?

• Sam gets all the glory, while Tim does all the chores.

• Father and mother think that Sam is being a hero and Time isn't.

• All of the neighbors are wondering why Time hasn't enlisted, too.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

After Sam leaves town with the Brown Bess, how many times does he return to Redding over the following two years?

• twice

• three times

• four times

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why does the officer cut Father with his sword in the tavern?

• because Father refuses to serve all to a Rebel, even an officer

• because the officer doesn't believe Father when he says he no longer has a gun

• because Father has tried to attach him with a butcher knife

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does Time do when Sam returns to Tom Warrups hut in November?

• He tells Father that he knows where Sam is diding.

• He tries to steal back the Brown Bess.

• He tells Tom to call the head of the militia and turn Sam in.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

During the first year of the war, what was one of the worst problems for the people in Redding?

• having their cows in the field stolen by soldiers

• having to pay such high taxes to the British

• watching the patriot houses get attacked by Loyalists

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why does Mr. Heron come into the tavern in April 1776?

• to try to find out how much the Meekers know about Sam's regiment

• to hire Sam as an apprentice surveyor

• to ask Tim to deliver some letters for him

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9