I Survived The American Revolution

Nate has gone to live with his uncle, Uriah Storch, after Papa was ____

• trampled by a runaway horse on a New York street

• sent to a poorhouse for not being able to pay his debts

• captured by British soldiers and locked in a prison

• swept off the deck of a ship during a wicked storm

Why did a furious Storch lunge forward and grab Nate?

• a coin was missing from Storch's pouch, and he thought Nate had stolen it.

• Nate claimed responsiblity for a stick accidentally hitting Storch's head

• Storch realized Nate had sneaked some of the roasted goose.

• a candle that Nate knocked over burned a hole in Storch's rug

As Nate walked back to Storch's , he thought of Papa's stories about ___

• Mama's dream for Nate

• a man named Paul Revere

• the pirate Slash O'Shea

• the soldiers called "Yankee Doodles"

What shocked Nate just after he came upon the army camp in New York?

• he overheard two soldiers talking about a rich man named Mr. Marston

• he realized the man who had chased him was his old friend Paul

• he saw a man with a black ponytail who looked as if he could be Papa's twin

• he caught a glimpse of a man in chains who might have been Gregory

According to Paul, what had happened to him when he was on a hill near Boston?

• a book in his pocket protected him from a Redcoats attack

• a shard of wood flew into his right eye, blinding him in that eye

• a bayonet pierced his show but went right between two of his toes

• a cannonball screamed over his head , knocking off his lucky green hat

Why did Nate lurch back in horror when he looked into James' tent?

• Rats were crawling all over James's cot

• James was covered with hideous smallpox blisters

• James was throwing up and a horrid smell filled the tent

• A soldier was cutting off James's infected arm

After helping carry ammunition to the ridge, Nate was supposed to ---

• go to New York harbor to spy on the British

• deliver an important message to General Washington

• take over the duties of the American drummer boy

• march back to the fort with the Pennsylvania men

What did Nate do after Samuel was shot and fell to the ground?

• He grabbed Samuel's musket

• He dragged Samuel to the safety of some trees

• he hid under Samuel's body

• he pressed his hands to Samuel's chest to stop the bleeding

After climbing out of the crater, what did Nate do?

• he guided the Connecticut 5th to a hidden weapons cache

• he crept into a British officer's tent

• he turned the British cannon toward the marching redcoats

• he put on the uniform of a Hessian soldier.

Nate left the army's winter camp and headed to Norwalk to ---

• give Eliza and Theo their freedom papers

• ask Storch if he'd sent Gregory to help the army

• search for Mama's relatives

• take a job aboard Papa's old sailing ship