Chapter 8 “A World to Come” Pumpkin British soldier; works for the Lytes on the side (173) 81. What does Mrs. Bessie do that makes Johnny respect her more, but would disappoint Sam Adams? She warns the Lytes about the coming mob. (159160) 82. Add Johnny’s name to the family tree in the correct place. __________________________________ ↑ Merchant Jonathan Lyte ↓ Miss Lavinia Lyte ↑ Roger Lyte ↓ Lavinia Lyte (Latour) and Dr. Charles Latour ↓ Johnny Tremain What is Merchant Lyte’s relationship to Johnny? Merchant Lyte is Johnny’s greatuncle. (163) 83. What does Johnny do with his silver cup, which Cilla finds in the Lyte’s Milton house? Why? He leaves it/does not take it. He states, “I’m better off without it. I want nothing of them. Neither their blood nor their silver...Mr. Lyte can have the old cup.” (164) 84. What does Johnny do with the genealogy pages from the Bible? Why? At first, he cuts them out and puts them in his pocket thinking, “sometime they might be of use to him.” (163). However, he eventually tears “each sheet to ribbons [and] fed them to the fire upon the hearth.” (164) He does not need the Lytes; he wants nothing from them. 85. How does Rab’s desire to get a good gun change the way he normally acts? “Apparently [Rab] went through every situation without friction, like a knife going through cheese. Now he was blocked and it made him restless, possibly less canny.”’ (167) “Rab had been shaken out of his usual nice balance between quick action and caution by his passionate desire for a good gun. Otherwise he would not have mixed himself up with such a man.” (168) 86. What happens to the farmer who was caught selling Rab the gun? He was tarred and feathered. (169) 87. Who marries Mr. Tweedie? Mrs. Lapham marries Mr. Tweedie. (170) 88. What does Cilla imply when she says that Priscilla Silsbee is a terrible name, but Priscilla Tremain makes a fine name? She implies that she wouldn’t marry Rab, but she would marry Johnny. (172) 89. It is now fall of 1774, and the Observers are meeting for the last time because General Gage is getting suspicious. They discuss how General Gage sent troops to Charlestown (176) and seized cannon and gunpowder from the colonists. The Minute Men arrived too late; they decide that they need a spy system (176) in Boston to prevent this from happening again. 90. Sam Adams is asked if he will work for peace when he goes to the Continental Congress. He replies that he will work for war because he wants “the complete freedom of these colonies from any European power.” He believes the colonists “can have that freedom only by fighting for it.” They’ve tried to peace route for 10 years and it didn’t work. (177) 91. Who shows up at the meeting uninvited? James Otis (177) 92. “‘Each shall give according to his own abilities, and some—‘ he turned directly to Rab—‘some will give their lives… To die so young is more than merely dying; it is to lose so large a part of life.’ Rab was looking straight at Otis. His arms were folded across his chest. His head flung back a little.” What does Otis’ speech foreshadow? How does Rab feel about it? Otis’ speech foreshadows that Rab will die. Rab is ready and willing to die if necessary. (180) 93. James Otis says that “we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up. ” What do you think this means? This means that a man should be able to stand up and fight for what he believes in. He should be able to fight against tyranny and have a say in how his life is run. (180181)
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