| A | B |
|---|
| sloth | being lazy, sluggishness |
| bayonet | a detachable blade like a dagger |
| subversion | the overthrow of something established like the government; treason |
| gaudy | bright and showy but lacking good taste |
| vile | evil, wicked |
| setting of this novel | April 1777 |
| place novel took place | Connecticut or Massachusetts |
| Point of view | Sam went to war |
| name of the narrator | Tim |
| age of narrator | 11 |
| where did Sam attent college | Yale |
| why was Sam no longer in college | he went to war |
| where does Sam go after he fights with his father | barn |
| Lobsterbacks | another name for the red coats |
| Brown Bess | a gun named after Quenn Elizabeth |
| massacred | to kill in large numbers; to slaughter |
| disarming | to take weapons away from |
| skirmishes | brief fight between small groups |
| cipher | math, to do arithmetic |
| cholera | bad disease that spreads rapidly, comes from bad sanitation |
| consumption | tuberculosis; a highly contagious disease that attacks the lungs |
| commissary | the officer in charge of supplying food |
| reliable | dependable; trustworthy |
| plundering | taking goods by force from the enemy during war |
