WorksheetsMy Brother Sam Is Dead
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the "Brown Bess"
cat
rifle
frying pan
cow
How did Sam think his brother Tim could help?
cook for the troops
spy at the tavern
carry letters to the troops
take care of his parents
What evidence in the book would lead you to believe they considered 16 year old boys an adult ?
can't attend college
can enlist in the army
can't drink alcoholic beverages
still live with their parents
Mr. Meeker's thoughts on war________________.
War was a senseless act, with no positive outcome.
War happens and used to control population.
War is sometimes needed to make a strong statement.
War can happen when two different cultures meet.
Why does Betsy hang around the tavern?
watching Tim
likes it
listening for news
she lives there
Where does Tim and his family live?
on a plantation
in a tavern
on a farm
When does the story take place?
Present time
During the Civil War
During the American Revolution
Names for Lolyalists (Select all that apply)
Lobsterbacks
Rebels
Minutemen
Tories
Where do Tim and his Father go to sell their cattle?
Peekskill
Verplancks Point
Danbury
Redding
Why did the Continental Soldiers harass Mr. Meeker when they arrived at the tavern?
They wanted to recruit Tim to fight the war
Mr. Meeker refused to serve them in the tavern
They demanded to take his gun, and didn't believe that Mr. Meeker didn't have it
Mr. Meeker kept interrupting them tying to make a Tik Tok video
Tim wants to prove to himself that he is no longer a little kid; he agrees to help Mr. Heron ________.
find Sam and bring back the Brown Bess
score a telling point at college
be a potential spy and deliver war documents
enlist in the war and fight
When Tim and Father make their way to Verplanks, they are stopped by a group of Cow Boys. How do they escape MOSTLY unharmed during their first encounter with the Cow Boys?
They kidnap Tim and Mr. Meeker
A group help protects them and escort them to safety
Father fights them all
Tim convinces Father to turn around
Which of the following quotes demonstrates bravery that Tim carries when he encounters the three cowboys by himself in Chapter IX?
"He said just fall flat when the shooting started."
"I slapped the oxen on their rumps, as if I hadn't any worries about who was standing in the middle of the road"
"They were sitting on horseback in the middle of the road."
"The sun was beginning to get down in the sky behind me. It would be getting dark soon."
Why does Father order Sam to leave the house?
because Sam is being disrespectful and dropping out of Yale
because Sam is trying to force Tim to join the army
because Sam is a Rebel and Father calls it treason
because Sam was trying to steal from his family
How does Tim often feel while Same is gone?
Sam gets all the glory, while Tim does all the chores.
Father and mother think that Sam is being a hero and Time isn't.
All of the neighbors are wondering why Time hasn't enlisted, too.
What happens to Tim on the Fairfield Road?
He is caught by a Rebel officer who rides by.
Betsy steals his letter.
He is ambushed by cow-boys.
He is surprised by Sam.
a state of confusion or disorder
decisive
turmoil
compunction
sedition
to suddenly show that you do not want to do something
glory
turmoil
unscrupulous
balking
to decrease in value
glory
shirk
depreciation
decisive
not honest or fair
shirk
bawling
glory
unscrupulous
the feeling of regret or guilt
balking
compunction
sedition
debt
to avoid doing something that you are supposed to do
forage
glory
unscrupulous
shirk
