Chapter 2 Pages 16-25

1. The Yankee soldiers were -----.
a) setting fire to the Barbson's house
b) stealing the Barbson's cows
c) taking all the Barbson's food

2. Why did Silas stop Chris from shooting the Yankees?
a) Silas was afraid Chris would shoot his parents.
b) Silas didn't want the troop at the fort to hear the gunshots.
c) Silas was friends with one of the Yankee soldiers.

3. The Yankee troops even took the Barbson's -----.
a) horse
b) cow
c) pig
d) chickens

4. Silas and Chris ran through the woods -----.
a) to catch the deer
b) to get help from the Southern army
c) to ambush the Yankee soldiers

5. Chris had a difficult time aiming his rifle because ----.
a) he was behind a rock
b) he was out of breath
c) he was standing on a steep hill

6. Chris hide from the soldiers ------.
a) by climbing a tree
b) in the laurel slick
c) behind a large boulder
d) in a great crack at the side of the bluff

7. Chris put his rifle -------.
a) in the bushes
b) down his pant leg
c) under a rock

8. At the end of Chapter 2 Chris -----.
a) shot a soldier
b) got caught by the soldiers
c) was falling

9. A good title for Chapter 2 could be -----.
a) The Enemy Gets Too Close
b) Hunting by the River
c) Best Friends



----------Key----------

1. (c)
2. (a)
3. (a)
4. (c)
5. (b)
6. (d)
7. (a)
8. (c)
9. (a)