Chapter 8 My Brother Sam is Dead

why did Father say that the next year they wouldn't be able to travel at all without an escort?

• Because there was already so much tension between the Tories and the Rebels, and he assumed it would only get worse.

• Because there wasn't enough police protection

• Because of the shortage of food due to the war

• Because the Platt family would soon join the Rebels and Tim and Father would no longer be welcome there.

What was Tim's impression of the Hudson River?

• He was not impressed

• It was dirty

• It was the biggest river he had ever seen.

Why was Father so happy after meeting with Mr. Bogardus?

• he gave them an extra bonus

• he got a good price for the cattle

• he was providing an escort

• he gave them an extra bonus

when Father is discussing their options for returning home, what is the mood the reader feels?

• A feeling of intense panic and fear

• An unconcerned feeling

• A bad feeling of impending danger

The last paragraph of page 111 says ".....the oxen balking so much...." What words earlier in the page are context clues to let you know what "balking" means?

• stopped and lowered their heads and stood blinking in the snow

• muffled sounds of their bawling

• beating them and cursing them

Why did it not bother Tim to take all his clothes off in front of his cousins?

• he was half asleep

• he was used to only having a brother

• that was the tradition in those days

• he was so wet and cold and miserable