Johnny Tremain Questions and Answers
Whigs And Tories
Why did the Lyte family return to Boston soon after visiting their country house in Milton? Describe Merchant Lyte's condition.
Why was it becoming increasingly difficult for Whigs to enter and leave Boston in Johnny Tremain? This is a question from Chapter 9..
Identify similes and metaphors in Johnny Tremaine.
In Johnny Tremain, why did Johnny and Rab befriend Dove?
What did the old rising sun on the Lyte family crest symbolize to the Whigs in Boston? (From Johnny Tremain)
What are some examples where Johnny Tremain shows courage in supporting the cause for freedom.
Why did the punishment that the British meted out to the colonies for the tea party please Sam Adams?
In what ways does Johnny Tremain show he is devoted to his friends and his country?
How did Rab and Grandsire Silsbee symbolize all that was admirable about the American character?
In what ways does Johnny Tremain show that he is reliable?
What are Mrs. Lapham's character traits in the book Johnny Tremain?
Why does Johnny agree to deliver mail for the British soldiers in Johnny Tremain?
What are examples of sentences that contain similes in Johnny Tremain?
At the end of the novel, what decision does Johnny make about his future?
Describe the trade that took place between Pumpkin and Johnny in Johnny Tremain.
Why did Pumpkin want to desert the army and not be British anymore in Johnny Tremain?
What does the term "fagot" mean in the novel Johnny Tremain?
In Johnny Tremain, ch. 8, what does Johnny mean when he says "This is the end. the end of one thing- the beginning of something else"?
What did Johnny realize at the barn dance?
In the book Johnny Tremain, what metaphor does the author use to describe Percy's brigade?
What are the settings in Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes?
What is the irony of James Otis attending the last meeting of the Observer in Chapter 8 of Johnny Tremain?
Is Johnny Tremain an accurate representation of the American Revolution? I am about to start teaching this book again. I am a literature teacher first, and a history buff second. How accurate is this book?
How does the author create suspense during the final chapters of the novel Johnny Tremain?
In Johnny Tremain, what is the significance of Pumpkin`s old uniform ?
Describe some of the tactics that the Sons of Liberty use to further their cause in the novel Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes.
In Johnny Tremain, how does Johnny become more of an adult by the end of the novel? I need 3 examples of his adulthood.
What is a summary of Chapter 10 of Johnny Tremain?
Describe Johnny's change in political views in chapter 5.
What did Johnny discover when he went to the Lyte house to visit Cillia?
What did the colonists do to resist the English rule?
Who is Mrs. Bessie in the book, Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes?
What are the important events in chapter 6 of Johnny Tremain?
Why did the punishment that the British meted out to the colonies for the Boston Tea Party please Sam Adams?
What made Johnny feel comfortable about entering the printing offices of the Boston Observer in Johnny Tremain? What was Mr. Lapham's opinion of the Observer?
In the novel, Johnny Tremain, what positions in favor of revolution are argued by Sam Adams and James Otis? How does Johnny react to Otis's words?
What makes Johnny Tremain think he has nothing left in the world?
In what time period does Johnny Tremain take place?
In Johnny Tremain, when was Johnny supposed to take his cup to Merchant Lyte?
Explain the British tax on colonial tea. What response is planned by Sam Adams and the other Observers? How does Johnny help implement these plans? Chapters 5 and 6
In Johnny Tremain, explain why the British insisted on the tax on tea. Why were they surprised by the colonists' reaction to the tax?
In Chapter 10 of Johnny Tremain, what is the name of the 64-gun British ship?
In Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, what is the difference between Whigs and Tories?
How does Lieutenant Stranger treat Johnny differently and why?
In Johnny Tremaine, what is the significance of Lieutenant Stranger's torn up letters?
As an ordinary citizen, what would you have to fear in the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts?
In Esther Forbes' novel Johnny Tremain, what does Johnny expect will happen when he talks to Mr. Lyte for the first time?
Why do subscriptions to the paper drop so sharply in Chapter 7 of Johnny Tremain?
How does the author create suspense during the final chapters of the novel?
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