My Brother Sam

Why do Tim and his father travel to Verplancks?

• To check on Sam
• To sell cattle and purchase supplies for the tavern
• To visit an old friend
• To spy on the rebel army

Who is the main character in the novel?

• Sam Meeker

• General Putnam

• Tim Meeker

• Tom Warrup

In what way has Tim's life changed after he gets back from Verplanck's Point?

• He has grown up
• He is lonely
• Mother bosses him
• Nobody likes him

Why is Sam arrested?

• Spying for the Tories
• Accused of stealing cattle
• Left his post to see Betsy Read
• Kidnapping his father

What happens to Sam at the end of the novel?

• He is pardoned and set free
• He becomes a general for the Patriot army
• He leaves the army to help Tim run the tavern
• He is executed

Who wrote, "If this message is received, we know that the messenger is reliable"?

• Tom Warrups

• Colonel Read

• Mr. Heron

• Jerry Sanford

The ultimate fate of Father was...

• He returned home

• He died on a British prison ship

• He died from battle wounds

• He is hung as a spy

lobsterbacks

• American militia men ready for instant military service

• Patriot soldiers

• derogatory (insulting) term for British soldiers

Tories

• colonists who support the British cause in the revolution

• British soldiers

• colonists who oppose the King

Continentals

• soldiers that fought against Britain

• soldiers that fought for Britain

• derogatory term for British soldiers