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My Brother Sam Is Dead Flashcards

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People loyal to the king are __________?

A

Loyalist

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What is Sam and Tim’s fathers name?

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Eliphalet (Life)

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What side is Sam Meeker on?

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Patriots (rebels)

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What does breaking the sabbath mean?

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Not working on Sunday

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Who is the only person who knows where Sam is?

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Tom Warrups

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What political side was Betsy Reads family?

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Patriot

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What was Betsy Reads grandfather in charge of?

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The militia

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

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He was helping Jerry Sanford move a log

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

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He needed it to fight

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What did Betsy tell Tim in a secretive manner

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Sam was coming back

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

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The continental army

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

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Weapons

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Was Mr. Heron a patriot or loyalist?

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Loyalist

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

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He was just an Indian

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

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Walk to Fairfield and deliver business letters

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What would Tim really be carrying to Fairfield

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Was messages/ spy messages

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What was Tim doing that put him with Mr. Heron

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Carrying letters for him

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17
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What side did Tim want Mr. Heron to think he was on?

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Loyalist

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

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Fishing

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

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It was a spy report on Sam

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

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Mr. Heron

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

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He thought they were encouraging him

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

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Verplanks Point

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

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Cattle and a few pigs

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

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There cousins and friends

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What was a cowboy

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

26
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What did they drink along the way to Verplanks Point

A

Beer

27
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What did the cowboys think Life and Tim were because they were from Redding?

A

Loyalists ( Tory)

28
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According to Life and Tims family, was happening between Tories(loyalists) and patriots?

A

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

29
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Where would most of the beef at the market really be going

A

New York

30
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Why did the patriots not want the beef to be sold at Verplanks Point?

A

It would go to the British

31
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On the way back from Verplanks Point why was Life riding further ahead of Tim?

A

Scouting road for cow boys

32
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What hazard were Tim and Life facing on the way home?

A

Snow, and oxen slipping in the hills

33
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Why didn’t Tim enjoy the foot of snow that had fallen over night

A

It was hard to travel

34
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What was Tim support to do if life shouted on the trip?

A

Run to the woods and hide

35
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On the trip back, what did Tim and Life keep looking for

A

Cowboys

36
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On the trip, what was time doing to pass time

A

Naming all the countries in the world

37
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What scary realization did Tim come to after counting countries

A

He hadn’t seen Life in a long time

38
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What happened to life on the way back from Verplanks point?

A

The cowboys jumped him and took him

39
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How did Tim scare of the cowboys after they took his father?

A

He said escorts were coming

40
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Where did Tim’s mom think Life was after the cowboys took him?

A

A prison ship

41
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Because of the war the prices of goods went __________.

A

Up

42
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Who did everyone in church have to pray for on Sunday

A

King and Parliament

43
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April 26, 1777-> what did Tim gear from behind the church

A

Heavy muttering noises

44
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Who’s house did the British officers enter

A

Mr. Heron

45
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Where was the soldiers from that Tim spoke with

A

Dublin, Ireland

46
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Whose house did the soldiers forcefully enter

A

Captain Betts

47
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What did the officers find out from Mr. Heron

A

Who the rebel leaders were

48
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What napped to Ned (slave)

A

He got his head cut off and stabbed

49
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Why was Tim so interest to follow Benedict Arnold’s group of continental soldiers?

A

Sam was with them

50
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Was Sam with the continentals when they came to Redding?

A

Yes

51
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Once Sam got to Redding why didn’t he go and see his family right away?

A

He thought they hated him

52
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What was Tim and his mother trying to convince Sam to do?

A

Come home

53
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Why couldn’t Sam leave and come home from the army?

A

Desertion

54
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What happened to Life in chapter 12?

A

He was dead

55
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How did Life die?

A

A prison ship in New York

56
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Who else close to Tim had died

A

Jerry Sanford

57
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At age 14, what was Tim thinking about?

A

Going to study at Yale

58
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What were most people in Redding suffering from?

A

Starvation

59
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What was punishment by General Putnam for not performing your duty?

A

Hung you

60
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Why did the soldiers prefer to drink alcohol

A

It was there only relief

61
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Why were the soldiers having trouble building huts in Redding?

A

The snow

62
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Why was Sam keep Tim to butcher the cattle?

A

So they wouldn’t get stolen

63
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What were the soldiers charging Sam for?

A

Cattle their (stealing)

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