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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 Washington set us?
3. Why do we admire Washington?
4. What was Washington's appearance?
5. What do you know of Washington's strength?
6. What was Washington's favorite amus.e.m.e.nt?
7. What can you say of Washington's dignity?
8. What was Washington's diet?
9. What do you know of Washington's fondness for fine dress?
10. What can you say of Washington's education?
11. What kind of horseman was Washington?
12. How wealthy was Washington?
13. How did Washington become so wealthy?
14. How much land did Washington have?
15. What did Washington think of slaves?
16. How did Washington treat his slaves?
17. How did Washington's slaves treat him?
18. Why did Washington call his house "a well resorted tavern"?
19. What can you say of Washington's charity?
20. What kept Washington from financial ruin?
21. How did Washington 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 Washington's gravity?
24. What do you know of President Washington's public receptions?
25. How did the guests enjoy President Washington's grand dinners?
26. In what did Washington's greatness consist?
CHAPTER VI, PAGE 77 A MIDNIGHT SURPRISE
1. What sort of general was Washington?
2. What did General Clinton think of Washington?
3. What part of the country did Washington 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 Washington follow up Clinton's raiders?
10. What did Washington 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 Washington 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?
