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23. Was Hale a patriot?
24. Would you call Hale a hero?
CHAPTER V, PAGE 62 OUR GREATEST PATRIOT
1. Whom do you consider our greatest patriot?
2. What kind of example has Was.h.i.+ngton set us?
3. Why do we admire Was.h.i.+ngton?
4. What was Was.h.i.+ngton's appearance?
5. What do you know of Was.h.i.+ngton's strength?
6. What was Was.h.i.+ngton's favorite amus.e.m.e.nt?
7. What can you say of Was.h.i.+ngton's dignity?
8. What was Was.h.i.+ngton's diet?
9. What do you know of Was.h.i.+ngton's fondness for fine dress?
10. What can you say of Was.h.i.+ngton's education?
11. What kind of horseman was Was.h.i.+ngton?
12. How wealthy was Was.h.i.+ngton?
13. How did Was.h.i.+ngton become so wealthy?
14. How much land did Was.h.i.+ngton have?
15. What did Was.h.i.+ngton think of slaves?
16. How did Was.h.i.+ngton treat his slaves?
17. How did Was.h.i.+ngton's slaves treat him?
18. Why did Was.h.i.+ngton call his house "a well resorted tavern"?
19. What can you say of Was.h.i.+ngton's charity?
20. What kept Was.h.i.+ngton from financial ruin?
21. How did Was.h.i.+ngton look when at the meeting at Newburgh, New York?
22. How was the first President of the United States dressed when he made his formal visit to Congress?
23. What can you say of Was.h.i.+ngton's gravity?
24. What do you know of President Was.h.i.+ngton's public receptions?
25. How did the guests enjoy President Was.h.i.+ngton's grand dinners?
26. In what did Was.h.i.+ngton's greatness consist?
CHAPTER VI, PAGE 77 A MIDNIGHT SURPRISE
1. What sort of general was Was.h.i.+ngton?
2. What did General Clinton think of Was.h.i.+ngton?
3. What part of the country did Was.h.i.+ngton need to protect?
4. What did the British do in May, 1779?
5. Why was it important for the Americans to have possession of King's Ferry?
6. Where did the patriot army now take up its quarters?
7. How did the British soldiers act in Connecticut?
8. Why did General Clinton send out raiders?
9. Why did not Was.h.i.+ngton follow up Clinton's raiders?
10. What did Was.h.i.+ngton decide to do?
11. What kind of place was Stony Point?
12. Who had possession of Stony Point?
13. How was Stony Point defended?
14. How many soldiers were in the garrison at Stony Point?
15. What does Was.h.i.+ngton Irving say of Stony Point?
16. What name did the British give to Stony Point?
17. Who led the attack on Stony Point?
18. How old was General Anthony Wayne at this time?
19. How did Wayne look?
