We Were There, Too! Comprehension

Joseph is different from his friends because he enlists —

• just for the money

• almost by accident

• sooner than the rest of them

• when he is younger than they are+

Continentals differ from militiamen in that —

• continentals are volunteer soldiers

• militiamen get paid for their service

• continentals are professional soldiers

• militiamen always fight far from home

How does Joseph change between his first enlistment and his second?

• He grows bored with fighting.

• He feels proud to be a soldier.

• He prefers to stay home and farm.

• He likes to drill and march in parades.

How are Sybil and Paul Revere alike?

• They both have a poem written about them.

• They both travel forty miles during their rides.

• They both get a postage stamp in their honor in 1975.

• They both make brave rides to notify colonists about danger.

How are Joseph and Sybil similar?

• They both own their own horse.

• They both work and live on farms.

• Their fathers are officers in the militia.

• Their actions help colonists defeat the British.

Joseph and Sybil are both —

• happy to stay home and tend to their chores

• sorry they decide to get involved in the fight

• the same age when they first help the war effort

• willing to endure hardship to help ensure freedom

Sybil shows she is more interested than Joseph in fighting by —

• watching men drill in the pasture

• riding farther than Paul Revere did

• writing a diary of the Revolutionary War

• volunteering to help notify soldiers to come fight

How can you tell that Joseph is less eager than Sybil to help the war effort?

• He is too young to enlist.

• He says he believes that he is a coward

• He enlists for the shortest time possible.

• He hates to stay home while his friends go to war.

You can tell Sybil becomes more well-known than Joseph because —

• Colonel Ludington is her father

• Alexander Hamilton marries her

• Paul Revere congratulates her on her ride

• George Washington thanks her personally

Joseph and Sybil both —

• get married

• live to the age of ninety

• have bronze statues of themselves

• write books about their experiences