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Johnny Tremain
Reading Guide
PART 3
CH 9-12
Test Date: Nov. 25, 2014
Complete the following as they are assigned throughout the Part.
Use this packet to prepare for your test.
___Vocabulary Cards
___Day 1 Focus Activity CHAPTER 9 “The Scarlet Deluge” Section 1, 2
___Day 2 Section 3, 4, 5
___Day 3 CHAPTER 10 “Disperse, Ye Rebels!” Section 1, 2
___Day 4 Section 3, 4
___Day 5 CHAPTER 11 “Yankee Doodle” Section 1, 2, 3
___Day 6 Section 4, 5
___Day 7 CHAPTER 12 “A Man Can Stand Up” Section 1, 2
___Day 8 Section 3, 4, 5
___Day 9 End of Book Questions
LITERATURE GROUPS Questions/Character Events Chart
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Johnny Tremain
Chapters 9-12 Test Date: Nov. 25, 2014
DAY 1:
Before You Read
FOCUS ACTIVITY
Do you think that an individual can play an important role in historic events? Why or Why Not?
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SETTING A PURPOSE
Read to find out how Johnny and other characters play important roles in historical events.
BACKGROUND
Time and Place
Bostonians responded with outrage to the closing of their port and the arrival of British soldiers and
warships. The Committees of Correspondence that Sam Adams began in the early 1770’s evolved to play
an even more active role. In September 1774, all the colonies except Georgia sent representatives to the
First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The Congress decided on a boycott of British goods and
promised to stand together in defense of Boston. One result of this promise was the forming, arming, and
training of colonial militias. The Congress also prepared a summary of its complaints for King George.
The king, however, was not interested in reviewing these complaints and sent more soldiers and ships to
Boston.
Did You Know?
Colonial militiamen had no uniforms and had to supply their own guns and ammunition, as well as food
and other accessories. Many had learned to shoot while hunting for food or fighting Native Americans in
the countryside. They were hardly prepared for the organized and almost polite method of warfare
practiced by the British army, in which soldiers lined up on opposite sides of the battlefield and advanced
toward the enemy, shooting. Though the militiamen’s rifles were accurate, they held only one shot and
often lacked the bayonets (knives) attached to British guns. This meant that while the militiamen were
reloading, they were defenseless. On the other hand, the British soldiers’ bright-red uniforms made them
easy targets.
(Johnny Tremain Study Guide.Glencoe McGraw-Hill)
Johnny Tremain
Reading Guide: Chapters 9-12
DAY 1 Continued:
For Part 3 test, you are responsible for knowing the following terms,
the correct answers to the reading questions, and the figurative language chart.
VOCABULARY
Flashcards: Place each vocabulary word on a 3x5 card: word on one side, definition on the other.
1. Mason (n.): member of a worldwide secret society, whose purpose is mutual aid
and fellowship.
2. allay (v.): put at rest, quiet
3. garrulous (adj.): talking too much; talkative
4. maudlin (adj.): sentimental in a weak silly way; tearfully silly
5. lassitude (n.): lack of energy; weariness
6. queue (n.): a line of people, automobiles, etc.
7. qualm (n.): momentary feeling of faintness or nausea
8. punctilious (adj.): very careful and exact; paying strict attention to details
9. animosity (n.): keen hostile feelings; active dislike
10. sundry (adj.): several, various
11. (in) vain (n.): without effect or success
12. invincible (adj.): unable to be conquered; impossible to overcome
13. lithe (adj.): bending easily, supple
LITERARY TERMS: know the definitions and look for examples of these elements as we read
Theme: central message, concern, over-arcing message of a piece of writing.
Static Character: a character whose personality, actions and motivations change little,
if at all during the course of a story.
Dynamic Character: a character whose actions, personality, and/or outlook
change due to experiences presented in the course of the story.
Irony: event or outcome which is opposite of what would naturally be expected
READING QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 9
“The Scarlet Deluge”
Day 1 Continued (All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words)
Section 1
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Paul Revere does establish a highly effective spy net-work in Boston that reports almost all British
information. Johnny’s role is to report on what the officers on the Afric Queen are doing. Johnny
intercepts messages that allows the Patriots to take over the British military store at Portsmouth.
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Section 2
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Dove is loyal to the king and brags about what the British will do to the rebels. Dove gets drunk and
before he sleeps, he tells Johnny the Colonel wants his war-horse saddled by four-thirty. Johnny gets the
horses saddled for Dove and when Lieutenant Stranger sees him, Stranger teaches Johnny to jump.
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Questions: (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of evidence for
answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words.
1.
Where do the leaders of the new spy network now meet? (Evidence page______)
2.
What valuable information found in Lieutenant Stranger’s discarded letters?
(Evidence page______)
3.
What political position does Dove hold? (Evidence page______)
4.
Why does Johnny no longer carry letters for the British? (Evidence page______)
5.
What does Lieutenant Stranger teach Johnny? Why? (Evidence page______)
DAY 2:
Section 3 (All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words)
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
One day in March, a British private named Pumpkin who works at the stable reveals
to Johnny that he-like many other Whig-sympathizing soldiers-wants to desert and
realize his dream of staying in America and owning a simple farm. Rab has been training with the
Minute Men and really wants a British muskets. Johnny strikes a deal: he will supply Pumpkin with
farmer clothes and in return Pumpkin will leave Johnny his musket.
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Section 4
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
With the coming of Spring, everyone anticipates a British action. Generals are coming from England to
replace the mild General Gage and Minute Men practice their drills. Johnny remains attentive for any
additional information.
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Section 5
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Johnny gives the musket to Rab. One day in April, Johnny is exercising horses on the Common and
witnesses a firing squad shooting a deserter-Pumpkin. Johnny wondered how he would feel being on the
other side of the British muskets.
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Questions: (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of evidence for
answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words.
1.
What’s the new delivery system for The Observer outside of Boston? (Evidence
P.___)
2.
How does Johnny escape being whipped by the British officer? (Evidence P.___)
3.
What does Pumpkin tell Johnny about the British regulars? (Evidence P.___)
4.
What does Pumpkin want for himself? (Evidence P.___)
5.
What deal does Johnny make with Pumpkin? (Evidence P.___)
6.
What does Johnny now realize about the smocks his mother made for him?
(Evidence P.___)
7.
What does each Minute Man need to make to fit his gun? (Evidence P.___)
8.
What does Johnny witness at the salt marshes? (Evidence P.___)
9.
What is ironic about where Pumpkin ended up? (Evidence P.___)
CHAPTER 10
“Disperse, Ye Rebels!”
DAY 3: (All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words)
Section 1
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
On April 14, 15,and 16, everyone knew something was going to happen; the British are planning to
move troops out to the countryside. Paul Revere and Doctor Warren discuss how to alert the Minute Men
when the British begin their move. Revere doesn’t trust Dr. Church.
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Section 2
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Rab leaves Boston for good to report to his Minute Men group in Lexington. Johnny feels deserted.
Johnny doesn’t want Rab to go but he can’t show his emotions.
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Questions: (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of evidence for
answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words.
1. How are the people of Charlestown to be told if the British are moving out of
Boston by land or sea? (Evidence P.___)
2. Why do they pick Billy Dawes as a second person to spread the word of British
movements? (Evidence P.___)
3. Why doesn’t Paul Revere give Dr. Church any information? (Evidence P.___)
4. Where is Rab off to? Why? (Evidence P.___)
5. Why does Johnny have such a hard time with Rab’s departure? (Evidence P.___)
6. What does Johnny wait too long to do? (Evidence P.___)
DAY 4: (All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words)
Section 3
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your
reading.
On April 18, Johnny worms important information out of Dove. Dove confirms the
British troops will move out of Boston that night by way of water.
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Section 4
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Johnny takes his information to Paul Revere. Doctor Warren, Billy Dawes, and Robert Newman,
the sexton of Christ’s Church, who will light the signal lanterns indicating that the British troops
are moving out by water. During the dawn of April 19, the war begins.
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Questions: (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of evidence for
answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words.
1.
What does Johnny figure out through his conversation with Dove? (Evidence P.___)
2.
How does Billy Dawes prepare for his part of the night? (Evidence P.___)
3.
What famous message does the author deliver to Robert Newman? (Evidence P.___)
4.
What does Johnny hear about Revere and Dawes? (Evidence P.___)
5.
What happens while Johnny sleeps? (Evidence P.___)
CHAPTER 11
“Yankee Doodle”
DAY 5: (All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words)
Section 1
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Dr. Warren awakens Johnny early on the morning of April 19 with the news that the
British troops have killed patriots at Lexington. When Johnny asks about Rab,
Dr. Warren assures him Rab got out safely. Minute Men are marching to Concord to confront the
British troops. Johnny’s job for today is to stay in Boston and pick up any information he can about
troop movements and arrests, then slip out of town and find Warren in the countryside.
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Section 2
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
All day, the people of Boston, as ell as the British soldiers, wait anxiously to learn about the outcome of
the conflict in the countryside. Twelve hundred British soldiers depart Boston headed toward Concord.
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Section 3
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
AT days end, the harried British troops begin to arrive in Charlestown, pursued by the colonists. All the
well-known patriots have left Boston. Uncle Lorne hides when the British search his home and the
Observer office.
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Questions: (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of evidence for
answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words.
1. What news does Dr. Warren give Johnny in the morning? (Evidence P.___)
2. Where is the doctor off to? (Evidence P.___)
3. What does the British flag remind Johnny of? (Evidence P.___)
4. Why doesn’t Johnny remove his hat? What does that mean? (Evidence P.___)
5. Why does the sight of the British Army make Johnny feel sick? (Evidence P.___)
6. What song do the British troops play to insult the Yankees (colonists)? (Evidence
P.___)
7. At the end of section 2, what does the metaphor ‘the scarlet dragon’ refer to?
(Evidence P.___)
8. How does Uncle Lorne keep from being arrested? (Evidence P.___)
DAY 6: (All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words)
Section 4
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
That evening, Johnny goes to the Lytes’ and finds them packing for an early-morning
evacuation to England. They are taking a willing Issanah with them. Before they
depart, Lavinia reveals to Johnny his family background.
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Section 5
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
The Lytes leave Cilla and Mrs. Bessie behind. Mrs. Bessie agrees to shelter the Lytes. Johnny retrieves
Pumpkin’s uniform to use as a disguise when he delivers Dr. Warren’s message. When he sees Cilla, he
tells her he is off to find Rab.
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Questions: (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of evidence for
answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words.
1. How does Johnny think the fighting has gone that day based on what he’s observed?
(Evidence P.___)
2. What does Uncle Lorne mean when e says, “Even if they hang me, I feel I have not lived
in vain”? (Evidence P.___)
3. Why are the Lytes packing? (Evidence P.___)
4. What is Isannah going to do? Why? (Evidence P.___)
5. What does Lavinia tell Johnny about his parents? (Evidence P.___)
6. How has the larger political conflict influenced the decisions and actions of the characters
so far? (Evidence P.___)
7. What about Johnny spurred Lavinia to investigate Johnny’s relationship to the Lytes?
(Evidence P.___)
8. What is Johnny’s plan for protecting the Lornes? (Evidence P.___)
9. What is Johnny risking by putting on Pumpkin’s uniform? Why does he do this?
(Evidence P.___)
CHAPTER 12
“A Man Can Stand Up”
DAY 7: (All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words)
Section 1
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your
reading.
Wearing Pumpkin’s discarded uniform, Johnny hangs about the waterfront as the many bedraggled,
wounded British soldiers are landed from Charlestown. Finally he is able to slip across the water and
learns from a Son of Liberty tavern-keeper what happened at Concord and Lexington. Terribly anxious
about Rab, Johnny is thrilled to learn that he now can find Dr. Warren in Lexington.
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Section 2
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Johnny makes his way toward Lexington. He encounters first-hand the horrors of battle. He continues
his search for Dr. Warren.
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Questions: (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of evidence for
answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words.
1. Why does Johnny get the uniform dirty? (Evidence P.___)
2.
What does Johnny hear of Dr. Warren? (Evidence P.___)
3.
What are some examples of Johnny’s growing courage? (Evidence P.___)
4.
How are the American “soldiers” characterized? (Evidence P.___)
DAY 8
(All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words)
Section 3
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Late in the afternoon of April 20, Johnny arrives in Lexington and finds Dr. Warren, who
agrees to take him to the seriously wounded Rab at Buckman’s Tavern. Rab has stood up
with the other men at Lexington Common. Although Rab had his gun in his hand, he did
not fire but defied the British order to disperse. Dr. Warren gives Johnny a warning.
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Section 4
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Rab, seriously wounded, gives his musket to Johnny. He asks a favor of Johnny to go to Silsbee Cove.
Rab says goodbye with a smile.
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Section 5
Summary Add two additional facts not covered in the summary from your reading.
Johnny goes back to Dr. Warren to learn that Rab had sent him away on purpose. Dr. Warren tells Johnny
that he can cut through the scar tissue and free Johnny’s thumb so he can fire the musket Rab
has given him in the coming war. As the doctor prepares for the procedure, Johnny walks to Lexington
Green and realizes that “A man can stand up.”
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Questions: (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of evidence for
answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts and at least 8 words.
1.
Why does the sight of Lexington Green bring Johnny close to tears?
2.
What does Johnny find out about Rab? (Evidence P.___)
3.
Why does Dr. Warren tell him to play a man’s part? (Evidence P.___)
4.
What is the irony surrounding Rab’s musket? (Evidence P.___)
5.
Why does Rab send Johnny to Silsbee’ Cove? (Evidence P.___)
6.
What does Dr. Warren tell Johnny when he returns to Buchman’s Tavern?
(Evidence P.___)
7.
Why is Johnny ready to let the doctor help him now? (Evidence P.___)
DAY 9
End of Book Questions: Write page numbers of evidence for answers.)
Remember: All answers need to be complete thoughts.
1. Label each character Static or Dynamic. Be prepared to defend your choice.
Static
Dynamic
Johnny
Mr. Lapham
Cilla
Isannah
Dove
Merchant Lyte
Lavinia Lyte
Rab
Dr. Warren
Paul Revere
Sam Adams
John Hancock
Lieutenant Stranger
Pumpkin
“True, Rab had died. Hundreds would die, but not for the thing
they died for.
‘A man can stand up…’ ”
2. How do the last sentences of the book relate to the theme of ‘Freedom isn’t free?’
3. How did each of the following characters show ‘A man can stand up…’
Johnny
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Rab
(P._____)
Paul Revere
(P._____)
Cilla
(P._____)
Mrs. Bessie
(P._____)
Dr. Warren
(P._____)
Pumpkin
(P._____)
Mr. Lorne
(P._____)
Literature Groups
With your group, complete the following: (Page numbers not required for quest. 1-2.)
1. Esther Forbes stated the she “wanted to give Johnny room enough to change and
grow.” Did she succeed? Explain your answer.
2. According to Johnny, at sixteen he is “A boy in time of peace and a man in time of
war.” Do you agree with this statement? Do you think more is expected of young people
when a country is at war? Explain.
3. The final chapters of the novel describe events that occur beginning in the fall of 1774
and ending in the spring of 1775. These events lead the British and the Patriots ever closer
to war. As you read, follow the progress of events by noting the main actions of the
characters listed below. (You do not need to answer in complete sentences. Write page numbers of
evidence)
Paul Revere (Evidence P.___)
Sam Adams and John Hancock
Continue as leaders of Patriot
movement, in March, leave Boston
for Concord to attend Provincial
Congress
Johnny (Evidence P.___)
Rab (Evidence P.___)
Dove (Evidence P.___)
Dr. Warren (Evidence P.___)
Colonel Smith (Evidence P.___)
General Gage (Evidence P.___)
DAY 10: Quiz Chapter 9-12 November 25, 2014