My Brother Sam Is Dead

Question 0

People loyal to the king are __________?

Answer 0

Loyalist

Question 1

What is Sam and Tim’s fathers name?

Answer 1

Eliphalet (Life)

Question 2

What side is Sam Meeker on?

Answer 2

Patriots (rebels)

Question 3

What does breaking the sabbath mean?

Answer 3

Not working on Sunday

Question 4

Who is the only person who knows where Sam is?

Answer 4

Tom Warrups

Question 5

What political side was Betsy Reads family?

Answer 5

Patriot

Question 6

What was Betsy Reads grandfather in charge of?

Answer 6

The militia

Question 7

What did Tim tell his tell father so he could go see Sam?

Answer 7

He was helping Jerry Sanford move a log

Question 8

Why was Sam so adamant about taking Brown Bess (gun)?

Answer 8

He needed it to fight

Question 9

What did Betsy tell Tim in a secretive manner

Answer 9

Sam was coming back

Question 10

When Tim was in the wood lot he heard men on horseback. Who were they?

Answer 10

The continental army

Question 11

What did the men on horseback want from Life ( Sam and Tim’s father)

Answer 11

Weapons

Question 12

Was Mr. Heron a patriot or loyalist?

Answer 12

Loyalist

Question 13

Why could Tom Warrups sit at the same table as Life and Mr. Heron?

Answer 13

He was just an Indian

Question 14

What did Mr. Heron want Tim to do for one schilling?

Answer 14

Walk to Fairfield and deliver business letters

Question 15

What would Tim really be carrying to Fairfield

Answer 15

Was messages/ spy messages

Question 16

What was Tim doing that put him with Mr. Heron

Answer 16

Carrying letters for him

Question 17

What side did Tim want Mr. Heron to think he was on?

Answer 17

Loyalist

Question 18

What did Tim tell his father he was doing, while he was really delivering the letters for Mr. Heron

Answer 18

Fishing

Question 19

What did Betsy Read try to convince Tim about the letter he was carrying?

Answer 19

It was a spy report on Sam

Question 20

Who was Tim trying to avoid in the beginning of Chapter 8

Answer 20

Mr. Heron

Question 21

Why wouldn’t Tim’s father let his mother answer Sams letters?

Answer 21

He thought they were encouraging him

Question 22

Where was Tim’s father taking him in Fall 1776?

Answer 22

Verplanks Point

Question 23

What did Life and Tim sell once they got to Verplanks Point?

Answer 23

Cattle and a few pigs

Question 24

Where did Tim and Life stay each night while on there trip

Answer 24

There cousins and friends

Question 25

What was a cowboy

Answer 25

They would come and steel cattle, and say it was for the soldiers

Question 26

What did they drink along the way to Verplanks Point

Answer 26

Beer

Question 27

What did the cowboys think Life and Tim were because they were from Redding?

Answer 27

Loyalists ( Tory)

Question 28

According to Life and Tims family, was happening between Tories(loyalists) and patriots?

Answer 28

Tarred, feathered, houses burned, livestock slaughtered, and both sides retaliated

Question 29

Where would most of the beef at the market really be going

Answer 29

New York

Question 30

Why did the patriots not want the beef to be sold at Verplanks Point?

Answer 30

It would go to the British

Question 31

On the way back from Verplanks Point why was Life riding further ahead of Tim?

Answer 31

Scouting road for cow boys

Question 32

What hazard were Tim and Life facing on the way home?

Answer 32

Snow, and oxen slipping in the hills

Question 33

Why didn't Tim enjoy the foot of snow that had fallen over night

Answer 33

It was hard to travel

Question 34

What was Tim support to do if life shouted on the trip?

Answer 34

Run to the woods and hide

Question 35

On the trip back, what did Tim and Life keep looking for

Answer 35

Cowboys

Question 36

On the trip, what was time doing to pass time

Answer 36

Naming all the countries in the world

Question 37

What scary realization did Tim come to after counting countries

Answer 37

He hadn't seen Life in a long time

Question 38

What happened to life on the way back from Verplanks point?

Answer 38

The cowboys jumped him and took him

Question 39

How did Tim scare of the cowboys after they took his father?

Answer 39

He said escorts were coming

Question 40

Where did Tim's mom think Life was after the cowboys took him?

Answer 40

A prison ship

Question 41

Because of the war the prices of goods went __________.

Answer 41

Up

Question 42

Who did everyone in church have to pray for on Sunday

Answer 42

King and Parliament

Question 43

April 26, 1777-> what did Tim gear from behind the church

Answer 43

Heavy muttering noises

Question 44

Who's house did the British officers enter

Answer 44

Mr. Heron

Question 45

Where was the soldiers from that Tim spoke with

Answer 45

Dublin, Ireland

Question 46

Whose house did the soldiers forcefully enter

Answer 46

Captain Betts

Question 47

What did the officers find out from Mr. Heron

Answer 47

Who the rebel leaders were

Question 48

What napped to Ned (slave)

Answer 48

He got his head cut off and stabbed

Question 49

Why was Tim so interest to follow Benedict Arnold's group of continental soldiers?

Answer 49

Sam was with them

Question 50

Was Sam with the continentals when they came to Redding?

Answer 50

Yes

Question 51

Once Sam got to Redding why didn't he go and see his family right away?

Answer 51

He thought they hated him

Question 52

What was Tim and his mother trying to convince Sam to do?

Answer 52

Come home

Question 53

Why couldn't Sam leave and come home from the army?

Answer 53

Desertion

Question 54

What happened to Life in chapter 12?

Answer 54

He was dead

Question 55

How did Life die?

Answer 55

A prison ship in New York

Question 56

Who else close to Tim had died

Answer 56

Jerry Sanford

Question 57

At age 14, what was Tim thinking about?

Answer 57

Going to study at Yale

Question 58

What were most people in Redding suffering from?

Answer 58

Starvation

Question 59

What was punishment by General Putnam for not performing your duty?

Answer 59

Hung you

Question 60

Why did the soldiers prefer to drink alcohol

Answer 60

It was there only relief

Question 61

Why were the soldiers having trouble building huts in Redding?

Answer 61

The snow

Question 62

Why was Sam keep Tim to butcher the cattle?

Answer 62

So they wouldn't get stolen

Question 63

What were the soldiers charging Sam for?

Answer 63

Cattle their (stealing)