Paul Revere's Ride

Who created the poem Pual Revere's Ride?

• Walt White Man

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Emily Dickson

• William Shakespeare

What was the real reasons Paul Revere went on the ride

• He was giving people who were homeless food

• The food has poison in it

• They will be bombed

• To warn the people of Massachusetts that England army will arrive

The events presented in this narrative poem take place

• in the future

• during modern times

• in the spring of 1975

• on April 18, 1775

Choose the best way to paraphrase these lines:
"He said to his friend, 'If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch,
Of the North Church tower as a signal light, -
One if by land, and two if by sea"

• Paul Revere meets a new friend in the belfry arch at the North Church.

• Paul Revere tells his friend to use a lantern to signal when the British are coming.

• Some people know that the British soldiers will come into town at night.

• Half of the soldiers will march across land, and the other half will come by boat.

Revere watches the North Church belfry from

• Lexington

• a nearby farm

• a boat in the bay

• the opposite shore

Paul Revere road in the morning to warn that the british were coming.

• True

• False

Revere's friend places two lanterns in the North Church belfry to

• show Revere where to begin and end his ride

• tell Revere that the soldiers are coming by sea

• view the cemetary in the churchyard below

• warn colonists that British soldiers are coming

What does Revere do after he sees the two lanterns?

• fights with a British soldier who tries to cross the river

• climbs the tower of the old North Church to join his friend

• crosses the river to wait for the British to get out of their boats

• rides to Medford to warn people that the soldiers are on the way

Why does Paul Revere enlist a friend to monitor activity in Boston?

• Revere needs to begin his ride from outside the city so that he can get a head start on the British.

• The friend will alert citizens of Boston while Revere warns villagers and farmers.

• Revere suspects that whatever the British do in the city, they will repeat in the countryside.

• The plan for defeating the British calls for an attack to start as soon as troops march into the city.

Paraphrase these lines:
"And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."

• I will listen for the British to sound an alarm. When I hear it, I will ride across town to wake up soldiers so they can prepare to fight.

• I will watch for the signal lights from across the river. When I see them, I will ride through the country side, warning people to arm themselves.

• You and I will be on opposite sides during the conflict. You will fight for the British, and I will take up arms with farmers.

• The British want me to ride through the county, taking the colonists' horses and weapons. I will begin when I see their signal.