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- 1. Multiple Choice
What did Paul Revere tell his friend to use as a signal?
Lanterns hanging in the Old North Church.
A shot from a musket across the Mystic River.
The chimes on the village clocks.
A horse riding loudly over cobblestone.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Two words Longfellow uses to describe the Somerset and indicate the risks to patriots are
muffled and silent
phantom and prison
small and stealthy
menacing and dangerous
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does the friend do while Paul Revere rows to the Charleston shore?
Cleans and prepares his musket.
Sits on the shore overlooking the Mystic River.
Sneaks into the British encampment.
Wanders and watches with eager ears.
- 4. Multiple Choice
When in the church tower, the friend looks out over ___________, which makes him realize the risks he is taking.
the dead in the churchyard below.
the Charleston shore.
the road to Boston.
the farms in the distance.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The line in the poem, "like a bridge of boats," suggests that there were ______________ British boats rowing toward shore.
only a few
a large amount of
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did Paul Revere wait to see before he rode off to warn the farmers about the approaching British?
The first of the British boats coming to shore.
The first glimmer of light from the Old North Church.
Two distinct lights coming from the Old North Church.
The time on the village clock.
- 7. Multiple Choice
At what time did Paul Revere reach Medford?
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
- 8. Multiple Choice
At what time did Paul Revere reach Lexington?
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
- 9. Multiple Choice
At what time did Paul Revere reach Concord?
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which village had a meeting house that Longfellow described as "spectral?'
Medford
Lexington
Concord
Boston
- 11. Multiple Choice
Longfellow states that the British Regulars did what when the farmers surprised them with being prepared?
They called in additional troops.
They surrendered the entire war.
They fired and fled.
They won all the battles because they were better trained.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The farmers chased after the British...
only pausing to fire and load.
until the British outgunned them.
until they had to return to their farms.
only until the first casualty, or death; then they stopped fighting.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Paul Revere's attitude toward the British is best described as
fear.
discontent.
defiance.
sympathy.
- 14. Multiple Choice
In the darkest of times, people will remember Paul Revere's
courageous friend.
famous line, "The British are coming!"
act of independence.
bravery and patriotism.
- 15. Multiple Choice
A line from the poem that helps convey the theme is...
The fate of a nation was riding that night.
Listen, my children, and you shall hear...
And seeming to whisper, "All is well."
And so through the night went his cry of alarm.
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