Johnny Tremain (M3)Ch. Test 10-12
  • 1. Why didn’t Paul Revere tell Dr. Church what was going on? (Pages 240-241)
A) Johnny was going to tell him.
B) He didn’t trust Dr. Church.
C) Doctor Church already knew.
  • 2. Johnny wondered if they might be “making mountains out of molehills”. What does this mean? (Page 241)
A) Making much about something that was little.
B) Making hills out of mountains.
C) Taking things too easily.
  • 3. Why did Rab need to leave Boston and head to Lexington? (Page 241)
A) He needed to help Sam Adams get away.
B) Before the fighting begins he had to hide.
C) Soon no one who could fight would be able to leave Boston.
  • 4. Why was Johnny upset that Rab was leaving? (Pages 241-242)
A) He was afraid Rab wouldn’t come back.
B) He wanted to go to the dances with Rab.
C) He felt that Rab was deserting him.
  • 5. When did Johnny love the bells of Boston the most? (Page 244)
A) When they babbled softly as one old friend to another.
B) When they woke him in the morning and sent him to bed at night.
C) When their golden clamor seemed to open the vaults of Heaven.
  • 6. What did Johnny find out by listening to Dove talk while he polished the saddle? (Pages 247-248)
A) Lt. Stranger was going to give Dove the day off.
B) The British were going to Lexington and Concord.
C) Sandy was a good campaign horse.
  • 7. Why was Billy Dawes chosen to try to get through the gates of the city? (Pages 249-250)
A) He was a good rider.
B) He was a good actor.
C) He knew what to do.
  • 8. When Johnny was in Billy Dawes’ home, Billy and his wife were laughing at the disguise Billy was wearing. After Billy left, Mrs. Dawes’ expression changed and Johnny said the “Billy was not the only gifted actor in the family”. What did he mean by this? (Page 250)
A) Mrs. Dawes played the part of a farmer’s wife.
B) Mrs. Dawes was hiding the fact that she was scared.
C) Mrs. Dawes felt Billy was very brave.
  • 9. Who said, “Disperse, ye rebels, ye villains, disperse”? (Page 254)
A) Lieutenant Stranger
B) Colonel Parker
C) Major Pitcairn
  • 10. What did Dr. Warren mean when he said that the Battle of Lexington was just “target practice” for the British troops? (Page 257)
A) The Colonists fired first.
B) The Colonists were easy marks.
C) The British were outnumbered.
  • 11. Why were the British soldiers tearing up everything in Boston? (Pages 264-265)
A) They were angry and frustrated.
B) They were searching for Tories.
C) They wanted to fight the citizens.
  • 12. Why was Salt Lane different? (Page 265)
A) The sign was gone.
B) Rab was gone.
C) Johnny was gone.
  • 13. When Isannah chose to go with Miss Lavinia instead of staying with Cilla, Cilla did not even react. Why? (Page 271)
A) She had lost Isannah long before.
B) She wanted Isannah to be a great actress someday.
C) She wanted Isannah to have a pony and cart.
  • 14. What was the reason that Johnny’s last name was not Latour like his father’s? (Page 274)
A) His father was a spy and didn’t want anyone to know.
B) His father didn’t know who Johnny was.
C) His father was a prisoner of war and he was ashamed.
  • 15. What was Johnny’s plan to slip aboard the British ships? (Page 275)
A) Pretend he wanted his mamma.
B) Pretend he had a message.
C) Pretend he was sick.
  • 16. What two things did Johnny ask Cilla to do for him? (Page 276)
A) To look after Goblin and bring the Lornes there.
B) To take care of Rab and make him well.
C) To wait for him and marry him after the war.
  • 17. What did Johnny meant when he told Mrs. Bessie that he was “a boy in time of peace and a man in time of war”? (Page 277)
A) War is bad when you are a boy.
B) War makes you be afraid.
C) War makes you grow up quickly.
  • 18. What made Johnny wonder about Sergeant Gale? (Page 278)
A) When he started strutting down the street.
B) When he saw that Lt. Stranger was hurt.
C) When he saw Madge crying her eyes out.
  • 19. What made Johnny realize that his bright shiny British uniform was actually dangerous? (Page 281)
A) It was too nice for a day of battle.
B) He didn’t want to get it muddy.
C) He wanted to remember Pumpkin.
  • 20. As Johnny watched the British wounded being brought back to Boston, what made him think of James Otis’s words? (Page 283)
A) The way the wounded soldiers were being tossed about.
B) The way the scared horses were being treated.
C) The way the British bullied Dove.
  • 21. What prophecy was remembered as the British soldiers returned to Boston? (Page 282)
A) The colonists were whistling Yankee Doodle.
B) The colonists were ready for the fight.
C) The British fired first at the colonists.
  • 22. What did Johnny take as a “good omen”? (Page 287)
A) God was with the soldiers.
B) Sandy the horse was being pulled out of a pit.
C) The Minutemen were milling about.
  • 23. What did Dr. Warren meant when he told Johnny that “Rab played a man’s part. Look that you do the same”? (Page 292)
A) Johnny was not to run away.
B) Johnny was not to tell Uncle Lorne.
C) Johnny was not to cry.
  • 24. How did Rab improve his musket? (Page 294)
A) He put a better stock on it.
B) He straightened the barrel.
C) He made more bullets.
  • 25. Why was Johnny no longer ashamed of his hand? (Page 298)
A) He wanted to do his part in the war.
B) He wanted to be a silversmith again.
C) He wanted to marry Cilla.
  • 26. One who lives permanently in a place
A) inhabitants
B) stores
C) regulars
  • 27. Colonel Smith had _______ with seven hundred men and landed in Cambridge.
A) embarked
B) regulars
C) evolutions
  • 28. Large firearms such as cannons
A) stores
B) artillery
C) expedition
  • 29. A soldier or private in the British army of lowest rank
A) inhabitants
B) regulars
C) stores
  • 30. To begin some task or project
A) evolutions
B) impersonate
C) embarked
  • 31. He could _____ anybody—from a British general to a drunken farmer.
A) impersonate
B) regulars
C) expedition
  • 32. An act of rejoicing
A) evolutions
B) jubilation
C) artillery
  • 33. A firing of a number of weapons at the same time
A) volley
B) stores
C) artillery
  • 34. And every minute the temper of the soldiers was growing shorter and a queer feeling of _______ was apparent among the people.
A) volley
B) jubilation
C) embarked
  • 35. The tension among the _______ was growing.
A) inhabitants
B) evolutions
C) regulars
  • 36. Accumulated supplies of weapons, gunpowder, and musket balls
A) stores
B) regulars
C) volley
  • 37. Johnny had been around the _______ enough to know that was a question that should be answered by oaths.
A) regulars
B) embarked
C) stores
  • 38. A journey or trip taken for a specific purpose
A) expedition
B) volley
C) regulars
  • 39. The _____ horses threw their weight against their collars
A) artillery
B) embarked
C) stores
  • 40. One shot and then a _______. And Major Pitcairn was saying, “Disperse, ye rebels, ye villains, disperse!”
A) volley
B) impersonate
C) stores
  • 41. They were to be taught some new _______.
A) evolutions
B) artillery
C) expedition
  • 42. To pretend to be some other person
A) stores
B) inhabitants
C) impersonate
  • 43. That _______ would start tonight and that Lexington and Concord were the likely objects.
A) evolutions
B) regulars
C) expedition
  • 44. Colonel Smith had indeed marched on to Concord, possessed the town, destroyed such military _____ as had not yet been hidden.
A) artillery
B) expedition
C) stores
  • 45. A movement or series of movements of troops or ships into battle formation
A) embarked
B) evolutions
C) regulars
  • 46. In the story, who said the words "So a man can stand"? (page 297)
A) Paul Revere
B) James Otis
C) Rab Silsbee
  • 47. Why did Rab send Johnny to check on Grandsire Silsbee? (Page 296)
A) So Johnny could make sure the Silsbees were alright.
B) So Johnny could let Grandsire know Rab was hurt.
C) So Johnny would not be there when he died.
  • 48. Where were Lavina and her father going in such a hurry? (page 268)
A) to Milton
B) to London
C) to Paris
  • 49. What did Lavinia tell Johnny to call her? (page 275 )
A) Sister Lavinia
B) Cousin Lavinia
C) Aunt Lavinia
  • 50. Why did Dr. Warren ask Johnny if he had the courage? (page 298)
A) Johnny to fight in the war.
B) Dr. Warren could cut the scar.
C) Johnny could spy for the colonists.
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