My Brother Sam Is Dead
Chapters 7-9 (pgs. 85-126)
Vocabulary: Add these words to your vocabulary list. In the first
column, write the sentence from the text. In the second column, write the
correct definition according to context.
rations (87) 5. gesturing (96)
recalcitrance (87) 6. retaliate (l01)
plundering (91) 7. sedition (102)
grimaced (95) 8. grim (116)
Chapter 7
Why is it better to wait as late in the year as possible to take the trip
to Verplanks Point?
Explain the trip to Verplanks Point. Where is Verplanks Point? Why is this
trip taken every year? Why is this Tim’s first trip?
Tim and his father encounter the cowboys on this trip. Who are the cowboys?
What do they do to Tim and his father? How does Father react to the cowboys?
How does Tim react?
Chapter 8
What is the Committee of Safety? How do they help Father and Tim?
Explain how the snow changes the plans of Father and Tim and how it makes
their trip more difficult.
Chapter 9
How did Tim realize his father was in trouble?
Why did Tim decide to take the wagon back to the tavern rather than search
for his father? What would you have done?
How did Tim outsmart the cowboys?
Response:
The trip to Verplanks Point and back is a turning point for Tim. Explain the
importance of the trip for Tim and ways in which Tim changes and matures. Write
a paragraph with a topic sentence. Use details from the text to support your
ideas.
