Johnny Tremain Quizzes

Johnny Tremain Quiz 1

1 Who is the "boss of the attic?"
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Mr. Lapham

Dove

Dusty Miller
2 How old was Johnny when he started to work for Mr. Lapham?
Fourteen

Twelve

Thirteen

Eleven
3 What is Mr. Lapham's job?
Blacksmith

Silversmith

Tanner

Cobbler
4 What does Mr. Lapham like to do in the morning?
Do repairs around the house

Go for a walk on the wharf

Read his Bible

Drink coffee with his wife
5 How many daughters do the Laphams have?
4

3

5

2
6 How long is Johnny supposed to serve Mr. Lapham?
Four years

Seven years

Five years

Nine years
7 Why doesn't Johnny consider marrying Isannah?
She is too old for him

She is deformed

She is sickly

She is too young for him
8 Which of the Lapham sisters is "prissy" and works hard to seem like she is from a higher social class?
Madge

Dorcas

Cilla

Isannah
9 Where is Johnny's mother?
In prison

She is dead

She remarried and moved to Rhode Island

In the hospital
10 What sin does Mr. Lapham accuse Johnny of?
Envy

Pride

Gluttony

Greed
11 How can Cilla tell when Johnny is mad?
He squints

He grinds his teeth

He clenches his fists

His ears turn red
12 What does John Hancock order from the Laphams?
A set of horseshoes

A new saddle

A saucebowl

A sugar basin
13 Why are the Laphams excited that John Hancock has come to patronize their business?
He is famous

He is known for his good taste

He is wealthy

He is an important Patriot
14 Where did John Hancock get his fortune?
It is income from all the farmland he owns

He inherited it from his father

He inherited it from his uncle

He made it himself as a merchant
15 What did Johnny's mother give him to prove he is related to the Lytes?
A pitcher

A pendant

His birth certificate

A cup
16 Which famous Patriot was also a silversmith?
John Hancock

Paul Revere

Samuel Adams

Benjamin Franklin
17 Who is the only member of the household to go to church twice on Sundays?
Mrs. Lapham

Cilla

Johnny

Mr. Lapham
18 Who suggests that Johnny finish the sugar basin on Sunday afternoon?
Mrs. Lapham

Cilla

Mr. Lapham

Dusty
19 How does Johnny worry people will find out he is working on a Sunday?
Isannah will slip and tell someone

Mr. Lapham will return from church early

They will see the smoke from the furnace

Mr. Hancock will question how he was able to finish the basin on Monday
20 Why does Mr. Lapham think Johnny burned his hand?
It was God's punishment for working on a Sunday

Johnny did not have the skill to melt silver by himself

He figures out that Dove caused the accident

He thinks Cilla must have distracted Johnny
21 What activity allows Johnny to forget his injury?
Attending church

Sleeping

Swimming

Talking to Cilla
22 Who tells Johnny that Dove caused the accident?
Isannah

Mr. Lapham

Cilla

Dusty
23 Why doesn't Mr. Lapham read The Boston Observer?
He disagrees with its political viewpoint

He cannot read

He is too busy

He thinks non-religious reading is sinful
24 Who does Johnny spot at the Long Wharf?
Lavinia Lyte

Paul Revere

Mr. Tweedie

Rab
25 What does John Hancock give Johnny when he asks for a job as a cabin boy?
A job in the counting house

A Bible

A pamphlet about the coming rebellion against England

A purse full of silver

in protesting the tax on tea, the colonist destroyed thousands of dollars of private property. Do you believe they were justified in doing this? Why or why not? If not, what should they have done about the tea?

I think they were not justified in this. Mob psychology for a perceived righteous cause have made men do awful things. It is a slippery slope to the abyss of human behaviour when mad patriotism is mixed with mass hysteria.

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Answered by Aslan on 12/1/2023 5:50 AM

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What are the Rebellious Acts of Sons of Liberty and Observers in Johnny Tremain?

The Sons of Liberty hold demonstrations, many of which, are violent. They use force and riots to rebel against the British government and to intimidate Tory figures.

Rab is part of the Sons of Liberty. Although they are Patriots and make some...

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from Johnny Tremain

While she was researching her nonfiction history book Paul Revere and the World He Lived In, Esther Forbes became interested in the lives of ordinary people in colonial Boston. This interest resulted in Johnny Tremain, a coming-of-age story for...

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Johnny Tremain

by Esther Forbes

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