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The Revolutionary War

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I. Character List ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2-3

II. Chapter Assignments-------------------------------------------------------- 4-54

Chapter 1---------------------------------------------------------- 5-8

Chapter 2---------------------------------------------------------- 9-11

Chapter 3---------------------------------------------------------- 12-14

Chapter 4---------------------------------------------------------- 15-17

Chapter 5---------------------------------------------------------- 18-21

Chapter 6---------------------------------------------------------- 22-24

Chapter 7---------------------------------------------------------- 25-29

Chapter 8---------------------------------------------------------- 30-32

Chapter 9---------------------------------------------------------- 33-35

Chapter 10--------------------------------------------------------- 36-39

Chapter 11--------------------------------------------------------- 40-41

Chapter 12--------------------------------------------------------- 42-48

Chapter 13--------------------------------------------------------- 48-51

Chapter 14--------------------------------------------------------- 52-54

Epilogue------------------------------------------------------------ 55

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My Brother Sam Is Dead

By James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier

Character List

Tim Meeker - The narrator, he is fourteen at the beginning of the story. Tim greatly

admires his older brother and longs to be more involved in the excitement and danger of

the war.

Sam Meeker - Tim's older brother, he is sixteen at the beginning of the story. Sam is

headstrong and often at odds with his father. A Yale student, he leaves school to fight the

rebel cause and is ultimately framed as a cattle thief and shot publicly.

Eliphalet Meeker - Father to Sam and Tim, he is the owner of Meeker Tavern. Mr.

Meeker wants nothing to do with the war and is angry at Sam for participating in it.

Susannah Meeker - Mother to Sam and Tim, she is very religious and hard working.

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Betsy Read - Sam's girlfriend and the daughter of Colonel Read, a prominent local

Patriot. Betsy is a bold, nosy teenaged girl, very loyal to Sam and to the Rebel cause,

even though she, like all women, is forbidden to get involved.

Colonel Read - Betsy's father, he is a staunch and aging Patriot.

Tom Warrups - An Indian living on Colonel Read's land who allows Sam to hide out in

his teepee.

Jerry Sanford - A young local boy and a friend of Tim's, he is captured by the British

and dies on a prison ship.

Mr. Beach - An elderly, loyalist preacher.

Mr. Heron - A wealthy and somewhat shadowy local character, he claims to be a Tory

but probably works for both sides. Heron asks Tim to relay a letter for him.

Benedict Arnold - He is captain of the Governor's Second Foot Guard, Sam's company.

General Putnam - The leader of the Rebels staying in Redding, he is a rigid and

unemotional man who sentences Sam to death as an example to the rest of the troops.

Colonel Parsons - One of Sam's officers in Redding, he is slightly more sympathetic

than General Putnam.

Mr. Platt - Tim and Sam's uncle in New Salem.

Ezekiel Platt - Sam and Tim's cousin in New Salem. Ezekial's family hosts Tim and his

father when they travel to Verplancks Point.

Captain Betts - A local Patriot who is captured and then released by the British.

Captain Starr - A local Patriot who is killed by the British.

Ned - A local black man who is beheaded by the British.

Dr. Hobart - The Redding doctor.

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John Adams

Chapter I

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10. debates-

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Edmund Burke

Chapter I

Study Questions

1. Where was Sam traveling from when he arrived home?

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2. Who was Captain Benedict Arnold?

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4. What are Sam and his father arguing about?

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Loyalist

Chapter II

Vocabulary

1. cordial-

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5. scornful-

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John Hancock

Chapter II

Study Questions

1. What excuse does Tim offer to his father so that he can visit Sam?

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2. How does Sam ask Tim to help him while he is gone?

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General John Burgoyne

Chapter III

Vocabulary

1. almanacs-

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2. linger-

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George Washington

Chapter III

Study Questions

1. What were Tim’s expectations of the war during the summer of 1775? What

actually occurred?

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2. Why was it illegal to have a copy of Rivingston’s Gazette?

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3. Why did Betsy Read linger at the tavern?

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Patriots

Chapter IV

Vocabulary

1. clambering-

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Lexington and Concord

Chapter IV

Study Questions

1. What did the Continental soldiers want from Mr. Meeker?

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2. What did Tim attempt to do in order to help his parents while they were being

attacked by the soldiers?

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3. Why didn’t Sam shout for Tim to stop running on the way back to the tavern?

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4. Why is Tim crying?

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5. Why can’t Sam help his family against the Continental soldiers?

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6. Why did Sam run away?

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Samuel Adams

Chapter V

Vocabulary

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4. ciphering-

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5. modest-

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6. apprentice-

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7. speculating-

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Boston Tea Party

Chapter V

Study Questions

1. Why were guns so important to the people of Redding?

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2. Why does Tim envy Sam?

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3. What is the reason for Mr. Heron’s visit? How did Mr. Meeker respond? How

did Tim respond?

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Patrick Henry

Chapter VI

Vocabulary

1. shilling-

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2. gay-

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3. brisk-

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4. sulk-

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6. rumpled-

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7. reliable-

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Chapter VI

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1. How does Tim devise a way to deliver a note to Mr. Heron?

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2. Why does Betsy want to intercept the letter?

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3. What were the contents of the letter?

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Nathan Hale

Chapter VII

Vocabulary

1. enlistment-

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3. hardtack-

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4. recalcitrance-

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5. headstrong-

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6. pondering-

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10. tromped-

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Chapter VII

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1. Which items were sorely needed as the war continued through the summer of

1776?

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4. Who were the six men who approached Mr. Meeker and Tim while they were

traveling on the road?

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5. How did Tim and his father escape the cow-boys?

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General George Washington

Chapter VIII

Vocabulary

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4. wharves-

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Commodore Esek Hopkins

Chapter VIII

Study Questions

1. What is life like for the Platts?

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2. What dilemma does Mr. Meeker face on the way home?

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General William Howe

Chapter IX

Vocabulary

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Admiral Richard Howe

Chapter IX

Study Questions

1. Why did father ride ahead of Tim on the way home?

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2. Why does Tim become nervous on the way home?

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3. What has happened to Mr. Meeker?

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4. How does Tim outsmart the cow-boys?

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General Henry Clinton

Chapter X

Vocabulary

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5. scouring-

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Admiral George Rodney

Chapter X

Study Questions

1. What was the biggest change in Tim’s life?

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3. What happened to the Rebel messenger who rode into town?

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4. What does Tim witness as he races down the road to fetch a doctor?

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5. What does Tim conclude as he continues on his way to find Dr. Hobart?

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General Horatio Gates

Chapter XI

Vocabulary

1. patriotism-

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Chapter XI

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1. Who approaches Redding after the British have departed?

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2. What does Tim discover about Sam?

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General Charles Cornwallis

Chapter XII

Vocabulary

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5. commissary-

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6. siege-

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11. shirk-

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17. heifer-

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20. mutiny-

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1. What did Tim and Mrs. Meeker find out in June 1777?

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2. How has Betsy Read’s attitude about the war changed from the beginning of the

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3. What did Tim hope to do with the eight cows they had left? What does Sam

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5. Why is General Putnam so strict?

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Chapter XIII

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8. stockade-

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Chapter XIII

Study Questions

1. How does Colonel Parsons respond when Tim tells him about the accusation

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2. What dilemma does Sam face according to the accusation?

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3. When Tim is finally able to see General Putnam, how does he respond to Tim’s

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General Henry Knox

Chapter XIV

Vocabulary

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4. gallows-

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Chapter XIV

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1. What was General Putnam’s final decision?

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2. What is Tim’s plan before the execution?

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3. When Tim turns back to look into the stockade, what does he discover?

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General Charles Lee

Epilogue

Vocabulary

1. prospered-

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