WorksheetsChapters 4-7: My Brother Sam is Dead
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Tim realized that "war has finally come to Redding" when the Continental soldiers demanded ____________ from his father.
beer
Old Pru
the Brown Bess
jerky
Sam couldn't help Tim and his father against the Continentals at the tavern because ...
he was supposed to be in Danbury buying cattle.
he was with Betsy Read.
he didn't want to see his father.
he didn't want to be in the Army anymore.
For Tim and many people of Redding, the worse part of the war was
that food was becoming scarce.
that many of the young boys were leaving to fight instead of doing chores.
that the British continued raising taxes.
that Life had to shut down the tavern.
Why was it difficult to tell who was winning the war?
Both sides claimed to have won the same battles.
Newspapers were becoming illegal.
No one talked about the war.
No one from Redding was involved in the war.
Life refused to let Tim deliver messages for Mr. Heron because
he thought Mr. Heron would need him too much.
he thought Mr. Heron was trying to kill Sam.
he thought Mr. Heron was a spy.
he thought Mr. Heron was going to have Tim join the Continental Army.
Why does Tim want to deliver letters for Mr. Heron?
Tim thinks that he will be able to see Sam.
Tim doesn't want to do chores around the tavern.
Tim wanted to be a surveyor like Mr. Heron.
Tim thought that it would be a good adventure and he could boast about it to Sam.
What did Tim tell his father in order to deliver a message for Mr. Heron?
He was going to see Sam.
He was going to help Tom cut wood.
He was going fishing with Jerry Sanford.
He had school work to do.
Where was Betsy going?
Fishing on Fairfield Road.
The Center of Redding.
Horseneck to see Sam.
Her grandfather's house for supper.
Why did Betsy wrestle Tim to the ground for the letter?
Betsy thought the letter was about her grandfather, Colonel Read.
Betsy thought that Tim was delivering a letter from Captain Benedict Arnold.
Betsy thought the letter would get Sam killed.
Betsy thought it was a copy of the Connecticut Journal.
What does Mr. Heron's letter say?
"If this message is received, we will know the messenger is reliable."
The letter had the name of Tim's girlfriend.
That the commissary officers are at Horseneck.
That Mr. Heron is loyal to the King.
Father didn't want mother to respond to Sam's letters because
mother didn't have time to respond with all of her duties between the tavern and the store.
father wanted Sam to feel their disapproval and to teach him a lesson.
all the letters said were lies about the British troops to make the Patriots seem noble.
Sam didn't tell his family where they were so that father could tell the British Army.
On their way to Verplanks Point, Tim and father were stopped by the cow-boys. What was the cow-boys purpose?
To handle business for the Government.
To escort Tim and his father to Verplanks Point.
To steal the cattle for the British Army.
To make sure the cattle do not end up in the belly of a Lobsterback.
How did Tim feel about New York?
Excited because he was in a different colony other than Connecticut.
Sad because he was so far from home.
Disappointed because New York didn't look any different from Connecticut.
Intrigued because the law is different than it is in Redding.
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Speculating
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