Johnny Tremain Chapter questions 1-6

1. Johnny Tremain Chapter questions 1-6

2. Chapter 1 Questions • 1. What is the setting of the story? • 2. Where does Johnny Tremain live and what is his position in the family? • 3. Who are the members of the Lapham family? •  4. Who are the other apprentices? • 5. Describe Johnny Tremain. • 6. Describe the relationship that exists in chapter one between Johnny and the other apprentices. • 7. What is the purpose of Mr. Lapham's morning readings from the Bible? • 8. To whom is the morning's lesson directed? What fault is addressed? • 9. How do Johnny and the girls get along? • 10. Why does Johnny give so many orders to the other apprentices? • 11. Who orders a sugar basin? • 12. Why is Johnny called to assist Mr. Lapham? • 13. Who made the original set that the sugar bowl is to match? • 14. Why doesn't Mr. Lapham vote for Mr. Hancock? • 15. Why doesn't Mr. Lapham tell Mr. Hancock his opinions? • 16. What difficulties arise as Johnny tries to finish the sugar bowl? • 17. How does Johnny help Cilla in this chapter? • 18. What does Johnny tell Cilla about his past? How does he break his promise to his mother? • 19. Why had Johnny wanted to become a silversmith?

3. Chapter 2 Questions • 1. To whom does Johnny go for advice about the sugar bowl? • 2. What important question does Mr. Revere ask Johnny? • 3. Why does Johnny refuse? • 4. Mr. Revere’s advice helped, but what obstacles did Johnny encounter while trying to complete the bowl? • 5. Why does Johnny break the law and work on the Sabbath? • 6. What does Dove do to spite Johnny? • 7. How is Johnny negligent while working on the bowl that Sabbath day? • 8. Why isn’t a doctor called? • 9. Who did care for Johnny’s hand? • 10. What is the result of her care?

4. Chapter 3 Questions • 1. Why is Mrs. Lapham anxious to have a new silversmith in the family? • 2. Whom does Johnny meet in the print shop? • 3. What job is Johnny offered while at the print shop? • 4. What is Mrs. Lapham’s frequent prediction about Johnny? • 5. What does Johnny do that irritates Mrs. Lapham? • 6. Why is Johnny fascinated with Lavinia Lyte? • 7. Why doesn’t Johnny get the job at Mr. Hancock’s business? • 8. What does Mr. Hancock give Johnny? • 9. How does Mrs. Lapham react to Johnny’s gifts for the girls? • 10. What does Isannah do that hurts Johnny? • 11. Where does Johnny spend the night? • 12. What does he decide he must do?

5. Chapter 4 Questions • 1. When Johnny tells Merchant Lyte they are related, what does Mr. Lyte say? • 2. What does Mr. Lyte tell Johnny to do with his silver cup  • 3. Whom does Johnny visit before going to Mr. Lyte’s house? • 4. What does Rab tell Johnny about Mr. Lyte? • 5. Explain the difference between the Tories and the Whigs. • 6. Who is the leader of the Whigs? • 7. What does Rab do to help Johnny make a good impression on the Lytes? • 8. After the Lytes had looked Johnny over, what does Mr. Lyte do? • 9. What additional evidence does Mr. Lyte have to prove Johnny is a thief? • 10. Why does the sheriff agree to notify Rab of Johnny’s arrest? • 11. What could happen if Johnny is found guilty? • 12. To what political group does Rab belong? How does the author portray this group? • 13. Why is Johnny treated well in jail? • 14. What witness can swear to seeing Johnny’s cup before the date on which Mr. Lyte claims it was stolen? • 15. What does Mr. Lyte do to make sure Cilla does not testify? • 16. What is Mr. Tweedie’s attitude? • 17. Why doesn’t Johnny want Josiah Quincy to be his lawyer? • 18. Whose testimony saves Johnny? • 19. What evidence strengthened Cilla’s testimony? • 20. What are Isannah’s motives in testifying for Johnny? • 21. Who was interested in meeting Isannah at the end of the trial?

6. Chapter 5 Questions • 1. What effect does the trial have on Mr. Lyte? • 2. How did Rab get Cilla to court? • 3. What did Isannah accomplish in court? • 4. What does Johnny decide to do about a job after the celebration is over?? • 5. How does he try to get money to buy clothing for the voyage? • 6. When Johnny escapes Mr. Lyte’s office, what does he do? • 7. What does Johnny need to learn before he can deliver newspapers? • 8. Why is Goblin difficult to ride? • 9. Where does Johnny live? • 10. What other activity takes place where Johnny lives? • 11. What does Johnny gain by working with Rab? • 12. When Johnny meets Cilla at the water pump, what agreement do they make? • 13. How does Johnny meet Sam Adams? • 14. Who are Rab’s family and where does Johnny meet them? • 15. Why is Johnny bothered by Rab’s quiet composure? • 16. How is Rab influencing Johnny? • 17. When does Rab lose his “customary reserve”?

7. Chapter 6 Questions • 1. Identify the year and the season of the action. • 2. Why had tea become a controversy? • 3. Why are the next twenty days important? • 4. What is Johnny’s first assignment for the Observers? • 5. Name the Observers identified by Esther Forbes in your book. • 6. What does Johnny refuse to let Dr. Warren do? • 7. Why does Sam Adams hope the governor won’t send the tea ships back to England? • 8. After the boys are sworn to secrecy, what does Rab agree to do? • 9. Why is Johnny worried about helping Rab, and what does he do about it? • 10. What problems do the tea ships face? • 11. How do the raiders disguise themselves? • 12. What is Johnny’s job the night of the raid? • 13. What does Johnny find Dove doing? • 14. How does Johnny react to Lavinia Lyte? • 15. Why are the activities of the Boston Observers dangerous? • 16. Why is Johnny so ashamed of his hand that he will not let the doctor examine it? • 17. Why doesn’t Governor Hutchinson call on British troops to stop the “party”?

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