My Brother Sam is Dead Chapter 5

Who wanted to hire Tim to carry "business letters" to Fairfiled?

• Mr. Beach

• Benedict Arnold

• Mr. Heron

• Tom Warrups

Mr. Meeker thinks that the "business letters" are really spy messages.

• True

• False

The main reason Tim wants to deliver the letters is to

• impress Sam

• earn a shilling

• get out of tavern work for the day

• help the Tories

Father refuses to let Tim deliver the letters because he thinks Tim might

• try to join the war like Sam

• get lost and never come back home

• get captured and put on a prison ship

• lose the letters and look like a fool

What excuse did Tim come up with to deliver the letters to Fairfield?

• helping Tom Warrups with his Indian hut

• going fishing with his friend Jerry

• spending time after school getting tutored

• helping Betsy chop wood at the woodlot