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) Soon no one who could fight would be able to leave Boston.
B) Before the fighting begins he had to hide.
C) He needed to help Sam Adams get away.
  • 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 their golden clamor seemed to open the vaults of Heaven.
B) When they woke him in the morning and sent him to bed at night.
C) When they babbled softly as one old friend to another.
  • 6. What did Johnny find out by listening to Dove talk while he polished the saddle? (Pages 247-248)
A) The British were going to Lexington and Concord.
B) Lt. Stranger was going to give Dove the day off.
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 knew what to do.
B) He was a good actor.
C) He was a good rider.
  • 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 felt Billy was very brave.
B) Mrs. Dawes was hiding the fact that she was scared.
C) Mrs. Dawes played the part of a farmer’s wife.
  • 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 British were outnumbered.
B) The Colonists fired first.
C) The Colonists were easy marks.
  • 11. Why were the British soldiers tearing up everything in Boston? (Pages 264-265)
A) They wanted to fight the citizens.
B) They were angry and frustrated.
C) They were searching for Tories.
  • 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 wanted Isannah to have a pony and cart.
B) She wanted Isannah to be a great actress someday.
C) She had lost Isannah long before.
  • 14. What was the reason that Johnny’s last name was not Latour like his father’s? (Page 274)
A) His father was a prisoner of war and he was ashamed.
B) His father didn’t know who Johnny was.
C) His father was a spy and didn’t want anyone to know.
  • 15. What was Johnny’s plan to slip aboard the British ships? (Page 275)
A) Pretend he was sick.
B) Pretend he had a message.
C) Pretend he wanted his mamma.
  • 16. What two things did Johnny ask Cilla to do for him? (Page 276)
A) To wait for him and marry him after the war.
B) To take care of Rab and make him well.
C) To look after Goblin and bring the Lornes there.
  • 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 makes you be afraid.
B) War is bad when you are a boy.
C) War makes you grow up quickly.
  • 18. What made Johnny wonder about Sergeant Gale? (Page 278)
A) When he saw Madge crying her eyes out.
B) When he saw that Lt. Stranger was hurt.
C) When he started strutting down the street.
  • 19. What made Johnny realize that his bright shiny British uniform was actually dangerous? (Page 281)
A) He didn’t want to get it muddy.
B) He wanted to remember Pumpkin.
C) It was too nice for a day of battle.
  • 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 ready for the fight.
B) The British fired first at the colonists.
C) The colonists were whistling Yankee Doodle.
  • 22. What did Johnny take as a “good omen”? (Page 287)
A) The Minutemen were milling about.
B) God was with the soldiers.
C) Sandy the horse was being pulled out of a pit.
  • 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 cry.
B) Johnny was not to tell Uncle Lorne.
C) Johnny was not to run away.
  • 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) evolutions
C) regulars
  • 28. Large firearms such as cannons
A) expedition
B) stores
C) artillery
  • 29. A soldier or private in the British army of lowest rank
A) regulars
B) inhabitants
C) stores
  • 30. To begin some task or project
A) impersonate
B) embarked
C) evolutions
  • 31. He could _____ anybody—from a British general to a drunken farmer.
A) expedition
B) impersonate
C) regulars
  • 32. An act of rejoicing
A) jubilation
B) artillery
C) evolutions
  • 33. A firing of a number of weapons at the same time
A) artillery
B) stores
C) volley
  • 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) embarked
C) jubilation
  • 35. The tension among the _______ was growing.
A) regulars
B) inhabitants
C) evolutions
  • 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) embarked
B) regulars
C) stores
  • 38. A journey or trip taken for a specific purpose
A) volley
B) regulars
C) expedition
  • 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) impersonate
C) inhabitants
  • 43. That _______ would start tonight and that Lexington and Concord were the likely objects.
A) regulars
B) expedition
C) evolutions
  • 44. Colonel Smith had indeed marched on to Concord, possessed the town, destroyed such military _____ as had not yet been hidden.
A) expedition
B) stores
C) artillery
  • 45. A movement or series of movements of troops or ships into battle formation
A) embarked
B) regulars
C) evolutions
  • 46. In the story, who said the words "So a man can stand"? (page 297)
A) James Otis
B) Paul Revere
C) Rab Silsbee
  • 47. Why did Rab send Johnny to check on Grandsire Silsbee? (Page 296)
A) So Johnny would not be there when he died.
B) So Johnny could make sure the Silsbees were alright.
C) So Johnny could let Grandsire know Rab was hurt.
  • 48. Where were Lavina and her father going in such a hurry? (page 268)
A) to Milton
B) to Paris
C) to London
  • 49. What did Lavinia tell Johnny to call her? (page 275 )
A) Sister Lavinia
B) Aunt Lavinia
C) Cousin Lavinia
  • 50. Why did Dr. Warren ask Johnny if he had the courage? (page 298)
A) Johnny to fight in the war.
B) Johnny could spy for the colonists.
C) Dr. Warren could cut the scar.
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