Woods Runner

Before Samuel went off in search of his parents, he---

• butchered the two cows that were in the pasture.
• left a note on the fence post in case anybody came. looking for him
• waited three days and nights to see if they would return.
• buried the nine bodies he found in the settlement.

What did Samuel recall that explained why Old Bobby had not been killed?

• Some Indian tribes thought insane people were guarded by the Higher Power.
• Old Bobby had been one of the few local settles who supported the British.
• Iroquois did not commit acts of violence during the time of the Blue Moon.
• Despite his age, Old Bobby had always been the best shot in the area.

What happened after Samuel joined an attack on the enemy encampment?

• He broke his left arm when he was trampled by a runaway horse.
• He suffered a head injury that knocked him out and needed stitches to close.
• He was captured by British soldiers but escaped during a thunderstorm.
• He lost the flintlock rifle his father had given him for his birthday.

Samuel was told that his parents’ lives had been spared because---

• his mother had baked the best apple pie a British officer had ever eaten.
• his father knew how to  play the fiddle.
• they knew how to speak German and could communicate with the Hessian troops.
• a British officer wanted to have someone to play chess with .

What happened as a result of the attack that killed Caleb and his wife?

• Samuel took the couple’s young daughter and considered her his sister.
• Samuel realized he had been traveling in the wrong direction for days.
• Samuel formed an unlikely friendship with an Iroquois boy about his age.
• Samuel returned to his home to start his own family.

Who befriended Samuel and Annie as they continued their journey?

• the widow of a Continental soldier who had died at Concord
• a Methodist minister who’s church hand been burned in an Indian attack
• an old tinker who traveled the country side with two collie dogs
• a blacksmith who was able to repair the broker hammer on Samuel’s rifle

What was Samuel surprised to find in the back of Abner’s wagon?

• a box of smoothbore muskets
• a family Bible identical to the one his parents had
• the red uniform coat of a British officer
• a crate of live carrier pigeons

As part of the plan to rescue his father, Samuel had to---

• climb a tree and then scale a stone wall.
• hit a guard over the head with a brick.
• crawl through a 200-yard tunnel in total darkness.
• pretend that he and Annie were poor beggars.

What did Abner give to Samuel when it came time to split up?

• a bayonet
• a compass
• a Brown Bess musket
• some forged identification papers

What happened in the aftermath of the rescue of Samuel’s parents?

• Annie was taken to Scranton, Pennsylvania to live with her aunt and uncle.
• The family settled in Philadelphia and Samuel joined Morgan’s Riffles.
• Samuel’s father became an officer in the elite Minutemen group
• Samuel’s father was elected to serve on the First Continental Congress.