Q 01/05

In Woods Runner, a British officer spares Samuel's father because he wants a partner for which game?

A) Whist

B) Checkers

C) Chess

D) Backgammon

Answer · why

C) Chess

Chess saves the family: an officer in the raiding party finds a board in the cabin and takes the couple along as prisoners because he misses having an...

Q 02/05

Which soldiers fighting for Britain kill Annie Clark's parents in Woods Runner?

A) Hessians

B) Highlanders

C) Loyalist militia

D) Royal Marines

Answer · why

A) Hessians

Hessians were hired German troops, named for Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Hanau, the states that sent most of them. At least 30,000 fought in the war, about...

Q 03/05

Which weapon strikes Samuel in the head when rebels attack the redcoat camp holding his parents in Woods Runner?

A) A war club

B) A musket butt

C) A cavalry sabre

D) A tomahawk

Answer · why

D) A tomahawk

A tomahawk blow leaves Samuel senseless for days, and he wakes to learn that the rebels have carried him twelve miles from the fight.

Q 04/05

When redcoats near his wagon in Woods Runner, what does old Abner tell Samuel and Annie to pretend to be?

A) His hired farmhands

B) His grandchildren

C) His servants

D) His apprentices

Answer · why

B) His grandchildren

His grandchildren is the story Abner gives, and the patrol passes them by. The old man turns out to have plenty of practice at fooling soldiers.

Q 05/05

In Woods Runner, Samuel learns his captured parents are being taken to the British headquarters in which city?

A) New York

B) Boston

C) Quebec

D) Charleston

Answer · why

A) New York

New York stayed in British hands until 1783, so reaching his parents means walking straight into the enemy's strongest base.