JOHNNY TREMAIN 

If you were not in class, please read through chapter IX except the last section of IX  which we did not read.  Print this page and fill in the blanks with the following words:

  smock,    letters,        Rab,     British,     spy,     outlying towns,       Pumpkin,  letters,    British troops,        musket,      Whig forces,     farm,       apprentices

Paul Revere organizes a _____________  system made up of master artisans and their  ________________  to keep a watch on the _____________ forces in Boston. The purpose of the spy system is to alert any _____________________  if the soldiers appear to be advancing in their direction.

Lydia gives Johnny the shreds of some aborted_____________ that Lieutenant Stranger had drafted to Lavinia Lyte. The ____________ (same word as previous) reveal valuable information about the movements of _______________. As a result of this information, the ___________________ are able to seize a store of British military supplies. Meanwhile, Stranger gives Johnny a lesson jumping hurdles. Johnny is puzzled that Stranger treats him like an equal where horses are concerned but as an inferior in all other contexts.

Johnny discovers that many of the British regulars are actually Whigs. One of them, ________________, asks for Johnny’s help in deserting his post. He dreams of owning his own _____________, a dream he has no chance of fulfilling in England. Johnny gives Pumpkin a farmer’s ______________sewn by his mother before she died and arranges to have him smuggled out of Boston. In return, Pumpkin gives Johnny his _______________ and his old uniform. Johnny gives the musket to ______________.