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=__**Johnny** **Treman**__=

**Unit 1: Up and About**
//**Question #1**//: What is Johhny's position in the Lapham household? Johnny's position in the Lapham household is to wake up the children and tell them to do their chores. //**Question #2**//: How do Dove and Johnny feel about each other? Dove and Johnny feel hate towards each other because Johnny is liked by everyone. Dove even says someday he will cut out his heart with scissors. //**Question #1**//: How serious is Johnny about his work, and what are his plans for the future? Johnny was very serious about his work, and he planned to grow up to be a great silversmith. He also planned to marry Cilla, and inherit Grandpa's silver buisiness. //**Question #2**//: 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? The light that the patriots and their beliefs are presented in a bad way. They are thought to stir up trouble and they don't read God's word. //**Question #1**//: Johnny works while Mr. Lapham sleeps and Dove and Dusty go swimming. What does this show about Johnny and his feelings towards his work? While Mr. Lapham sleeps, and Dove and Dusty go swimming, Johnny works. This attitude shows that Johnny is hard-working, and wants his goal ( to become a silversmith) to come true. //**Question#1**//: What does the crest of the Lytes look like? What feelings does it convey? The crest of the Lytes was an eye raising up from the sea. From it rays of light (or lashes) streamed out, half covering the surface of the cup. The feelings it conveys is happiness and power.
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**Unit 2: The Pride of Your Power**
__**Chapter 1:**__ //**Question #1**//: Why does Johnny turn down Paul Rever's offer? Johnny turned down Paul Revere's offer because if he left the Lapham's work would never get done. __**Chapter 3:**__ //**Question #1**//: What are the small important events leading to Johnny's accident? Dove gave Johnny a cracked crucible because he wanted to get back at Johnny for bossing everyone around. __**Chapter 5:**__ //**Question #1**//: How does Johnny's life change as a result of the accident and why? Johnny's life changed because he could not become a silversmith. After Jonny was burned his thumb grew into his palm.

**Unit 3: An Earth of Brass**
//**Question #1**//: How does Rab react to Johnny's maimed hand, and what does Johnny think of Rab? Rab reacts to Johnny's maimed hand by not saying a word to Johnny. Johnny thinks Rab is interesting and smart. //**Question #1**//: How does the section title, "Earth of Brass", relate to Johnny's life, especially his professional life as a silversmith? The section title "Earth of Brass" relates to Johnny's life because his life is hard, and he is having trouble becoming a silversmith, which is is passion. Another way to interpret the title is by the value of the metals. Brass is not as valuable as silver, so he feels not as valuble.
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**Unit 4: The Rising Eye**
__** Chapter 1: **__ //**Question #1**//: What is Merchant Lyte like? Merchant Lyte is mean to Johnny and even tells his servents to drown Johnny. Merchant Lyte is also very sly and sneaky, so Johnny has to be careful about that. //**Question #1**//: The political parties, Whig and Tory hold conflicting veiws. Tell about each party and their veiws on the Stamp Act. The Wigs declare that taxation without representation is like a revolt. The Tories believe all differences can be settled with time, patience, and respect for government. //**Question #1**//: What forms of criminal punishment are mentioned to lend historical accuracy to the novel? Some forms of criminal punishment mentioned in this story that are accurate in history are being fined, whipped, put in stocks, or death. //**Question #2:**// Why does the court decision favor Johnny? The court's decision favors Johnny because there was evidence agaist merchant Lyte's story about the robbery.
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**Unit 5: The Boston Observer**
__**Chapter 2:**__ //**Question #1:**// What are Johnny's responsibilities as a messenger? Why was he an important link to the Whig's communication system? Johnny's responsibilities as a messenger is to keep the horse safe and calm. He has to learn not to put a cold bit in to the horses mouth, but breathe on it first. Johnny must also learn how to put the saddle on the horse, and how to control him. Johnny also had to learn, and become well informed about politics. Johnny was an important link in the Whig's communication system, because he became well informed about politics, and told people his veiws for supporting the Whigs. __**Chapter 3 and 4:**__ //**Question #1**//: How does Johnny feel about the great differences in his life since he left the Laphams? After Johnny left the Laphams, he was a little homesick at first. Now, Johnny is very happy that he gets to deliver papers, and is enjoying his life. //**Question #2**//: 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 other People tend to live up to the expectations of others, because they can feel put down, or feel like they are not good enough for people. //**Question #3:**// What suggestions does Rab give Johnny to improve his relationship with people? Suggestions that Rab gave Johnny to improve his relationships with people is to think before you speak, and if something bad happens count to ten. //**Question #4**//: Why was the Observers' Club a treasonous organization? The Observers' Club is a treasonous organization because they plan to hurt their country.

**Unit 6: Salt-Water Tea**
__**Chapter 5:**__ //**Question #1**//: What skill must Johnny develop to play a part in the Tea Party? The skill Johnny must devolop to play a part in the Tea Party is to run quickly so his friends know the next steps to plan.

**Unit 7: The Fiddler's Bill**
//**Question #1**//: What punishment does England impose on the colonist for the Boston Tea Party? A punishment that England imposes is a large bill and there are rumors about the thoughts of hanging colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The ships block the docks so no one can come in or go out. //**Question #2**//: How does this punishment untie the seperate colonies? The colonist were united as never before. It united the often jealous, often indifferent, and separate colonies. //**Question #1**//: Gallows are not constructed to punish rebels and the presses are not prohibited from printing treasonous statements. Why? Gallows are not constructed to punish rebels and the presses are not prohibited from printing treasonous statements because General Gage was doing his best to try to make friends with the people in Boston, and the Wigs also had their say. They thought that in time all the trouble will smooth out by itself. //**Question #1**//: Why isn't Lieutenant Stranger angry with Johnny for deliberately upsetting the horse? Lieutenant Stranger isn't angry with Johnny, because he still wants the horse, and he wants Johnny to practice with him. //**Question #2:**// Johnny protects Dove when the English boys tease him. Why has Johnny changed? Johnny has changed because everyone respects him more. Johnny felt like it was his job to keep in touch with Dove. __**Chapter** **4**:__ //**Question #1**//: How have Johnny's feelings changed towards Mrs. Lapham and why? Johnny's feelings have changed, because he used to hate Mrs. Lapham, because she called him useless, and kicked him out of the house. Now, he respects her more, because he finally knows how much she has done for the family. __**Chapter 5:**__ //**Question #1**//: Who is Sam Adams' spy in the Lyte household? Sam Adam's spy in the Lyte household is Mrs. Bessie, because every Thursday she watches for him.
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**Unit 8: A World to Come**
__**Chapter 1:**__ //**Question #1**//: Why is the mob pursuing the Lytes? A mob is pursuing the Lytes, because they wanted Miss Lavinia's silver, and Johnny heard that Merchant Lyte was "going to get it" out in Milton. The mob wants Merchant Lyte to move out of the house. __**Chapter 2:**__ //**Question #1**//: What information does the Bible reveal about Johnny's ancestory? The Bible revealed that he is related to Merchant Lyte, because Johnny is his grandnephew. //**Question #2:**// Johnny says, "This is the end. The end of one thing- the beginning of something else." To what events does Johnny's statement refer? The event he is refering to is the Civil War. He thinks he will never see the Lytes again, and to him this is the end. __**Chapter 5:**__ //**Question #1**//: 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? The freedom that he is trying to propose is to make sure that all men, women, and children have rights even 100 years from now.

**Unit 9: The Scarlet Deluge**
__**Chapter 1:**__ //**Question #1**//: What is "the scarlet deluge"? The scarlet deluge means a red flood or a lot of blood. So, the scarlet deluge represents the blood that will be coming from the war, that Lieutenant wrote about in his letter. __**Chapter 3:**__ //**Question #1**//: How has Johnny changed from the beginning of the novel to this chapter? Johnny has changed, because in the beginning he was to proud and looked down upon lower class jobs like farming or printing. His mother made him smocks to wear, but he was always to proud to wear them. He felt he was too good for them. Now, he feels he is old enough to appreciate what his mother made him. Even though smocks were not meant for silversmiths, he loved it anyways. Now, instead of looking down on farmers and lower classmen, he helps and appreciates them. //**Question #2**//: How are the Minute Men preparing for war? The Minute Men were preparing for war by making their own bullets, and cartridges to fit their own guns. __**Chapter 5:**__ //**Question #1:**// As Johnny looks into "the face of death", what does he feel? When Johnny looks into "the face of death" he doubts his physical courage. For days he felt his own inadequacy.

**Unit 10: "Disperse, Ye Rebels"**
__**Chapter 1:**__ //**Question #1**//: What occurrences lead the patriots to believe the British are beginning to move against the rebels? The occurrences that lead the patriots to believe the British are beginning to move against the rebels are that the General George had sent out spies, and were reporting back to him whatever they heard. Johnny could also feel that something was afoot. He could see it on Colonel Smith's face. Stranger was also happy, because something was about to happen. //**Question #2**//: What is the signal to Charlestown that the patriots plan to use if the British move? Why will warning help the patriots? The signals are if the british go over the neck, you will see one lantern. If they go into the boats they will see two lanterns. These signals will help them because it will save their lives, and they can warn people without making a sound. __**Chapter 2:**__ //**Question #1:**// Why does Rab decide to leave Boston? How does Johnny react to this decision? Rab decided to leave Boston, because there would be fighting before the week was out and he intended to be in it. Now he must report at Lexington. Johnny reacted badly. He felt as if Rab was deserting him. He could not endure that Rab should leave. __**Chapter 4:**__ //**Question #1:**// What is Billy Dawes' responsibility in the patriots' plan? Paul Revere's? Billy Dawes' responsibility was to act like a drunken farmer. Paul Revere's resposibilty was to send an alarm warning people. //**Question #2:**// What important role does Johnny play in the patriot's plan? Johnny's role was to take a stick, and walk by Robert Newman's house slowly, limping, tapping with the stick until the light in the upper window goes out. Then he has to go around to the ally behind the house, and tell Newman two lanterns are to be hung now.

**Unit 11: Yankee Doodle**
__**Chapter 1:**__ //**Question**// **#1:** Where does the first battle occur, and why are the Minute Men defeated? The first battle occured in Lexington. The Minute Men were defeated because, they had seventy men and the British had seven hundred. __**Chapter 3:**__ //**Question #1:**// Why are the British unable to punish the opposition leaders? The British were unable to punish the opposition leaders because they left Boston a month before. __**Chapter 4:**__ //**Question #1:**// What detail about Johnny convinced Lavinia to find out about Johnny's past? The detail that Lavinia was interested in was Johnny's hair on his forehead (widow's peak), and the way he walked. __**Chapter 5:**__ //**Question #1:**// 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? This phrase means that in times of peace and happiness he will be a boy, but when something really matters he will fight for it like a man.

**Unit 12: A Man Can Stand Up**
__**Chapter 1:**__ //**Question #1:**// What does Johnny do to his appearance to make him fit in with the way the British soldiers look? Johnny tore his jacket on a nail and pulled off a button. He stomped on his black and silver hat until it was bent out of shape, and pulled it over his eyes. He put mud on his face; pricked his wrist, and smeared his cheek with blood. __**Chapter 2:**__ //**Question #1:**// Why was Johnny amazed that the rebels have defeated the British? He was amazed, because they had perfection of equipment, discipline, grand guady uniforms, and the pride of their officers. __**Chapter 3:**__ //**Question #1:**// What are Johnny's thoughts as he stands on Lexington Green? What is his emotional response? Johnny thought about a handful of farmers resisted the march of seven hundred British regulars, and here they have died. His emotional response was that it was so hopeless, and so brave that you could laugh or you could cry. __**Chapter 5:**__ //**Question #1:**// Why does Rab die? What is Johnny's reaction to his death? Rab dies because was bleeding to death. He was not bleeding because of the war, but was bleeding because of a disease. Johnny's reaction is that he felt like the world strange, and lonely where nothing seems real.. He feels that some men die so that others can stand on their feet like men. //**Question #2:**// Why doesn't Johnny feel ashamed of his hand anymore? He doesn't feel ashamed of his hand because he feels like a new man that has to step up and have courage. Even the Doctor said that the hand wasn't that bad, and he will be able to fix it. //**Question #3:**// How has Johnny changed in thoughts, actions, feelings from the beginning to the end of the book? Johnny felt that nothing could hurt him. Not even Rab's death or the doctor's knife. He felt free, light, unreal, and alone. He is looking positive to tomorrow and today is only today. He feels that a man can stand up.