Do you think the explosion saves Nate from the Hessian? Do you think Nate will be able to find Paul after the smoke clears? Write your answer in complete sentences.
"The musketball streaked out of the barrel like a comet, trailing flames and smoke... And Nate's musket ball joined theirs in the blizzard of metal sweeping up the hill."
Which two figurative languages do you see in the quote above?
alliteration
simile
metaphor
personification
idiom
Which details could best support the main idea below?
*Pick 2 possible answers*
"Martin knelt down and put his hand on Samuel's blood-soaked chest."
"We need to go back to the fort."
"Finally, Captain Marsh gave the order for them to line up again."
"A moment later all of the men were gathered around Samuel's body"
Not long after they say a prayer for Samuel, they are interrupted by... (page 96)
Redcoat soldiers
American soldiers
Hessian soldiers
the Connecticut 5th
What is the cause?
A cannonball shattered a tree right in front of them.
The Hessians are charging and there was no time for the men to reload and shoot back.
The hillside exploded into a wall of flames and gunpowder smoke.
The men ran away in different directions.
What is the effect?
Nate shouts out, "I'm not a soldier!"
The soldiers fire back on the Hessians.
Paul loses his grip on Nate, and Nate runs blindly in the woods.
A Hessian chases after Nate.
Chapter 15 ends with a...
foreshadow
irony
cliffhanger
flashback
A regular cannonball explodes near Nate right before the Hessian soldier is about to attack him (page 99).