SparkNotes: My Brother Sam is Dead: Chapters EightâNine Quiz: Quick Quiz

1 of 5
Who are the Platts, the family with whom Tim and his family stay?

Complete strangers
Father’s business associates
Tim’s cousins
Meeker family friends

2 of 5
What horrifying image does Tim picture as he falls asleep at the Platts’ house?

Betsy Read crying
The cattle wandering off
His father’s death
Fighting against Sam

3 of 5
What weather condition slows Tim and Father’s return from Verplancks?

Rain
Hail
Snow
Tornadoes

4 of 5
What does Tim trick the cow-boys into believing?

Father is nearby
Father has smallpox
They are the escort
An escort will come

5 of 5
What sound spooks the cow-boys, finally causing them to leave Tim alone?

A rifle being loaded
A barking dog
A thunder clap
Carriage wheels

My Brother Sam is Dead

Chapters EightâNine Quiz

1 of 5
Who are the Platts, the family with whom Tim and his family stay?

2 of 5
What horrifying image does Tim picture as he falls asleep at the Platts’ house?

3 of 5
What weather condition slows Tim and Father’s return from Verplancks?

4 of 5
What does Tim trick the cow-boys into believing?

5 of 5
What sound spooks the cow-boys, finally causing them to leave Tim alone?

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1 of 5 Who are the Platts, the family with whom Tim and his family stay?

2 of 5 What horrifying image does Tim picture as he falls asleep at the Platts’ house?

3 of 5 What weather condition slows Tim and Father’s return from Verplancks?

4 of 5 What does Tim trick the cow-boys into believing?

5 of 5 What sound spooks the cow-boys, finally causing them to leave Tim alone?

My Brother Sam is Dead: Popular pages

CHARACTERS Character List

CHARACTERS Tim Meeker: Character Analysis

MAIN IDEAS Important Quotations Explained

MAIN IDEAS Themes

FURTHER STUDY Review Quiz

Take a Study Break

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Pick 7 Movies and We'll Tell You What Book You Should Read While You're Social Distancing Mar 24, 2020

QUIZ: Are You Living in a Literary Dystopia? Mar 23, 2020

1 of 5
Who are the Platts, the family with whom Tim and his family stay?

2 of 5
What horrifying image does Tim picture as he falls asleep at the Platts’ house?

3 of 5
What weather condition slows Tim and Father’s return from Verplancks?

4 of 5
What does Tim trick the cow-boys into believing?

5 of 5
What sound spooks the cow-boys, finally causing them to leave Tim alone?