Huffman++Abbey

=__**Johnny Tremain**__= =**__Unit One ~ Up and About__**= =**Chapter 1**= =Q1. What is Johnny's position in the Lapham household?= =A1. Johnny worked as a silversmith apprentice for Mr. Lapham.= =Q2. How do Dove and Johnny feel about each other?= =A2. Dove did not like how Johnny was younger than him,had only been an apprentice for 2 years while he had been for 4 years, and still was higher over him. Johnny would tell Dove when to go to bed, when to get up, and also criticize his work.= =**Chapter 3**= =Q1. How serious is Johnny about his work, and what are his plans for the future?= =A1. Johnny is very serious about his work, and already thinking about who he will hire when he is a master craftsman. Johnny plans to own willows in Milton. He said that this would save him twopence a basket. He said there would be many boys crowded in his shop begging to work work him.= =**Q2. The first reference to the patriots and their troubles with England is made at the end of this chapter. In what light are the patriots and their beliefs presented?= =**A2.The patriots and their beliefs are presented in a bad light. They do not read God's Word, and are not humble like His Word says.= =**Chapter 4**= =Q1. Johnny works while Mr. Lapham sleeps and Dove and Dusty go swimming. What does this show about Johnny and his feelings toward his work?= =A1. This character shows that Johnny is dedicated to this job, and that he wants to be successful in his career. Johnny also wants to finish the job Mr. Hancock gave to Mr. Lapham very well, and to Mr. Hancock's liking.= =**Chapter 6**= = Q1. What does the crest of the Lytes look like? What feelings does it convey? = =A1. The Lytes crest looks like an eye rising up from the sea. From its rays of light streamed out half covering the cup. This crest gives feelings of hope. The motto says,"Let there be Lyte."= = = =__**Unit 2 ~ The Pride of Your Power**__= =**Chapter 1**= =Q1. Why does Johnny turn down Paul Revere's offer?= =A1. Johnny turns down Paul Revere's offer because he felt that he could not leave the Lapham's. Johnny said that the Lapham's would almost starve without him, because he keeps them in order. Mr. Lapham's silversmith business would get nothing done if Johnny wasn't there.= =**Chapter 3**= =Q1. What are the small important events leading to Johnny's accident?= =A1. Johnny was working on the Sabbath, and the rest of the Lapham family said they wouldn't tell. Dove, instead, gave Johnny a cracked crucible. The silver began pouring out in the furnace, and as a reaction Johnny reached for the crucible. His feet flew out from under him as his hand came done on the furnace. Johnny was burned very badly and his hand was covered in silver, but they could not go to the doctor, because people would find out he was working on the Sabbath.= =**Chapter 5**= =Q1. How does Johnny's life change as a result of the accident and why?= =A1. Johnny's life changes majorly. He is told by Mr. Lapham that they can't keep their contract anymore, because Johnny can not work as a silversmith with his crippled hand. Johnny has to give up his dream of being a master silversmith, and find a trade where his crippled hand doesn't matter.= =**__Unit 3 ~ An Earth of Brass__**= =**Chapter 1**= =Q1. How does Rab react to Johnny's maimed hand, and what does Johnny think of Rab?= =A1. Rab reacted to Johnny's maimed hand with hope and confidence. Rab found a job for Johnny that was not learning skilled trade, but delivering newspapers for Mr. Lorne. Johnny liked Rab because he had a way of giving hope and confidence to others.= =**Chapter 3**= =Q1. How does the section title, "Earth of Brass", relate to Johnny's life, especially his professional life as a silversmith?= =A1. The title,"Earth of Brass", relates to Johnny's silversmith life, because after his injury he was as valuable anymore. He went from being as valuable as silver to as valuable as brass.= =__**Unit 4 ~ The Rising Eye**__= =**Chapter 1**= =Q1. What is Merhant Lyte like?= =A1. Merchant Lyte is a demanding and impatient man. He is said to care for nothing except himself and his fortune. He did not want to listen to Johnny's story. He only became interested when Johnny mentioned having the cup.= =**Chapter 2**= =**Q1. The political parties, Whig and Tory hold conflicting views. Tell about each party and their views on the Stamp Act.= =**A1. The Whigs is a political party that declared that taxation without representation is tyranny. The Tories believe that all differences can be settled with time, peace, and respect for government. The Tories, according to Rab, think that they are better off to take anything from British Parliament, such as letting them break them down, take everything through taxes, but not protest.= =**Chapter 5**= =**Q1. What forms of criminal punishment are mentioned to lend historical accuracy to the novel?= =**A1. There were many forms of criminal punishment mentioned that lent historical accuracy to this novel. There were forms such as ordered fines, whipping, set in the stocks, or held for a higher court.= = = =Q2. Why does the court decision favor Johnny?= =A2. The court decision favored Johnny, because the Lapham girls had proved Johnny was innocent. Mr. Justice also stated that Johnny could have one of the original six cups.= = = =__**Unit 5 ~ The Boston Observer**__= =**Chapter 2**= =Q1. What are Johnny's responsibilities as a messenger? Why is he an important link in the Whig's communication system?= =A1. As a messenger, Johnny's responsibilities were to deliver the papers to Boston subscribers on Thursday, on Friday Saturday he was to deliver to inns in outside towns where subscribers pick the papers up themselves, and he is to end in Charlestown and cross back into Boston by ferry on Saturday night. Johnny was important to the Whigs communication system, because at the inns where he delivered the subscribers questioned about the political thinking at the capital. Johnny became knowledgable of these things from reading the papers, talkin to Rab and Uncle Lorne, and also listening to leaders of opposition about Boston.= =**Chapter 3 and 4**= =Q1. How does Johnny feel about the great differences in his life since he left the Laphams?= =A1. Johnny like his new life. At first, he was a little homesick for the Lapham's though. Johnny was very happy, and only disappointed with Rab's self-containment. Rab also told Johnny to think before he speaks. Many more people began to like Johnny, because instead of coming out right away with what he thinks, he thought about it for about ten seconds before he would talk.= = = =Q2. Think about this statement: "If pushed a little farther, he might have taken to crime - because that was what was expected of him.". Why do people tend to live up to the expectations of others?= =A2. Many people make assumptions on what people are going to do with their life based on what they do and where they come from. For example, Rab is an apprentice who doesn't make much money. Many people would assume that Rab would take to stealing, since he cannot afford much, but he lived beyond that expectation by being a good person and taking what he gets and can afford rather than stealing to get just what he wants.= = = =Q3. What suggestions does Rab give to Johnny to improve his relationships with people?= =A3. Rab suggests that Johnny forget about his crippled hand, and take it out of his pocket. Rab says he scares people because he keeps his hand in his pocket, and when people ask to see it he takes it out as if it is the grossest thing you will ever see.= = = =Q4. Why is the Observers' Club a treasonous organization?= =A4. The Observers' Club is a treasonous organization because they are a secret society that meets in a private attic belonging to Rab without inviting opposing parties.=

=__**Unit 6 ~ Salt-Water Tea**__= =**Chapter 5**= =Q1. What skill must Johnny develop to play a part in the Tea Party?= =A1. Johnny must learn to chop. For the tea party he will have to chop open tea chests, and them dump the tea in the harbor.= = = =__**Unit 7 ~ The Fiddler's Bill**__= =**Chapter 1**= =Q1. What punishment does England impose on the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?= =A1. England closed the port to Boston, and occcupied the city with British soldiers until the colonists pay for the tea.= = = =Q2. How does this punishment unite the separate colonies?= =A1. The punishment of closing the port to Boston united the separate colonies in different ways, such as the other colonies sending food to Boston so that they would not starve.= =**Chapter 3**= =**Q1. Why isn't Lieutenant Stranger angry with Johnny for deliberatly upsetting the horse?= =**A1. Lieutenant Stranger doesn't get angry with Johnny because he respects Johnny's love for Goblin, and also his cleverness.= = = =Q2. Johnny protects Dove when the English boys tease him. Why has Johnny changed?= =A1. Johnny protects Dove because his hatred for him had disappeared.= =**Chapter 4**= =Q1. How have Johnny's feelings changed towards Mrs. Lapham and why?= =A1. Johnny realizes that Mrs. Lapham was a hard worker who struggled for the good, plentiful food. She always got up in the morning to keep them in order.= =**Chapter 5**= =Q1. Who is Sam Adams' spy in the Lyte household?= =A1. Sam Adams' spy in the Lyte household is Mrs. Bessie.= = = =__**Unit 8 ~ A World to Come**__= =**Chapter 2**= =Q1. What information does the Bible reveal about Johnny's ancestory?= =A1. The family genealogy in the Bible has Johnny's mother's name crossed out. It says that she married a man named Charles Latour. They were said to both die from plague before the date of Johnny's birth.= = = =Q2. Johnny says, "This is the end. The end of one thing - the beginning of something else." To what events does Johnny's statement refer?= =A2. Johnny's statement refers to the event of the mob attacking the Lyte household and also a civil war to come.= =**Chapter 5**= = Q1. James Otis wants to fight for freedom for "men and women and children all over the world." What freedom does he propose to procure for people? = =A1. James Otis wants to fight for freedom from tyranny, and the natural rights that God gave to all man.= =__**Unit 9 ~ The Scarlet Deluge**__= =**Chapter 3**= =Q1. How has Johnny changed from the beginning of the novel to this chapter?= =A1. Johnny has changed from the beginning of the book in the way that he has no shame about his maimed hand.= = = =Q2. How are the Minute Men preparing for war?= =A2. The Minute Men are preparing for war by making their own bullets and catridges.= =**Chapter 5**= =Q1. As Johnny looks into "the face of death", what does he feel?= =A1. As Johnny looked into "the face of death" he began to doubt the physical courage that he used to have.=

=__**Unit 10 ~ "Disperse, Ye Rebels"**__= =**Chapter 1**= =Q1. What occurrences lead the patriots to believe the British are beginning to move against the rebels?= =A1. The patriots believed the British were beginning to move against the rebels because General Gage sent out spies, changed tactics, readyed their landing boats, and polishing their cannons.= = = =Q2. What is the signal to Charlestown that the patriots plan to use if the British move? Why will warning help the patriots?= =A2. The signal to the patriots in Charlestown was one lantern if the British were to go around the Neck and two boats if theywere going to take boats. This signal could help te patriots to prepare to fight, and be ready before te british are.= =**Chapter 2**= =Q1. Why does Rab decide to leave Boston? How does Johnny react to this decision?= =A1. Rab was going to go help fight in the battle for freedom from the British. Johnny felt like Rab was abandoning him.= = = =__**Unit 11 ~ Yankee Doodle**__= =**Chapter 1**= =Q1. Where does the first battle occur, and why are the minute men defeated?= =A1. The first battle occurred in Lexington. The Minute Men were defeated, because they only had 70 men while the British had 700 men.= =**Chapter 3**= =Q1. Why are the British unable to punish the opposition leaders?= =A1. All of the principal men, such as Adams, Hancock, Revere, and Warren, had already fled to the fighting in the countryside.= =**Chapter 4**= =Q1. What detail about Johnny convinced Lavinia to find out about Johnny's past?= =A1. The one detail Lavinia saw about Johnny was the way his hair turned down in his head.= =**Chapter 5**= =Q1. In Johnny's discussion with Mrs. Bessie, he calls himself "a boy in time of peace, and a man in time of war." What does this mean?= =A1. A boy wants to do what he wants, and doesn't want to worry about the world. A man will go out and do their duty.= =__**Unit 12 ~ A Man Can Stand Up**__= =**Chapter 1**= =Q1. What does Johnny do to his appearance to make him fit in with the way the British soldiers look?= =A1. Johnny rolled in muck, stomped on his hat, put mud on his face, and smeared blood on his face.= =**Chapter 2**= =Q1. Why is Johnny amazed that the rebels have defeated the British?= =A1. Johnny was amazed at the rebels win, because the British had the training, uniforms, weapons, and equipment.= =**Chapter 3**= =Q1. What are Johnny's thoughts as he stands on Lexington Green? What is his emotional response?= =A1. Johnny began to think of all the brave men that died. He almost began to cry in response to the thoughts.= =**Chapter 5**= =Q1. Why does Rab die? What is Johnny's reaction to his death?= =A1. Rab died from being shot at the Lexington battle, and he bled out. Johnny move into a lonely world where nothing seemed real.= = = =Q2. Why doesn't Johnny feel ashamed of his hand anymore?= =A2. Johnny now has other things to worry about like his country. He is a new person, and he doesn't just think about himself anymore.= = = = = = = = = = =

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