The Midnight Ride of Sybil Ludington

Based on paragraph 2, what happened after dark on the rainy evening of April 26, 1777?

• Colonial troops were led to New York by Henry Ludington

• Militiamen knocked on the door because of the rain

• Colonel Henry Ludington heard a knock at the door.

• A. The commander walked to the Connecticut border.

What organizational strategy is used in the following paragraph? Colonel Ludington’s militiamen were farmers and woodsmen throughout the countryside. Someone would have to go get them while the colonel stayed behind to organize them once they arrived.

• Chronological order

• Cause and effect

• Problem and Solution

• A. Compare and contrast

This passage about Sybil Ludington is BEST described as:

• a novel

• a short story

• a biography

• A. an autobiography

How did the author mainly organize the information in the last paragraph on page 460?

• by showing how Sybil helped her father focus on the militiamen

• by telling the events that led up to the militiamen being ready to march

• A. by describing what Sybil’s life was like after she got back home

• A. by comparing how Sybil and her dad loved playing in the outdoors

Sybil joined the war effort because she:

• needed to prove she could be trusted with more

• needed to prove she could be trusted with more

• realized that having 8 siblings was boring and hard work

• hoped to earn money by helping out her dad

How did Sybil Ludington’s night ride through the New York countryside help her get noticed by important people?

• Benjamin Franklin shook her hand and wished her luck.

• George Washington noticed what she did, but felt disappointed in her

• Alexander Hamilton wrote her a letter of appreciation

• Sybil met a General in the army who thought she was brave

Why is there a bronze statue of Sybil Ludington at Lake Gleneida in Caramel, New York and also an 8 cent U.S. postage stamp issued in her honor?

• She was a honored as a hero

• She was a famous star at the lake

• She was a great horse rider

• She was a skilled British soldier

Sybil Ludington was like Paul Revere in that she raced throughout the countryside to share a message.

What text structure or organizational trait is this?

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Alone and unarmed, Sybil Ludington raced for freedom.

What is the root word or base word in the word unarmed?

• un

• ed

• armed

• arm

In 1975, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Sybil Ludington stamp to mark the American Bicentennial. What does the stamp say?

• America Is Proud

• Contributors To The Cause

• Saving Americans from the British

• Proud of a Countryside woman