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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 103 through 115.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Corporal when, after organizing the men to face the enemy, he first tries to get back on his horse?
(a) He rode away.
(b) He sat silently on the horse.
(c) The men pushed him off.
(d) He fell to the ground.

2. What does Jonathan decide to do with his own gun before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?
(a) Use it to kill them.
(b) Leave it behind.
(c) Take it with him.
(d) Hide it from the Hessians.

3. What stories has Jonathan heard about what Hessians do to prisoners?
(a) Torture and beheading.
(b) Hanging, jailing and enslavement.
(c) Death by starvation.
(d) Death by firing squad.

4. What is Jonathan afraid of as he and the Hessians rest?
(a) That he will never see home again.
(b) That they will abandon him.
(c) That he will have to continue fighting battles.
(d) That they will harm him.

5. Why does the Corporal get angry when a soldier in Rocktown fires a shot into the air?
(a) The soldier is wasting ammunition.
(b) He's afraid they'll give away their location.
(c) The soldier used the Corporal's gun.
(d) The Corporal doesn't want to frighten the woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Jonathan and the Hessians begin to walk?

2. What question asked by the woman in Rocktown surprises Jonathan?

3. What does Jonathan wonder about as he and the Hessians rest?

4. How is Jonathan feeling when the group of soldiers reaches the crest south of Rocktown?

5. What does the man who greets Jonathan at the campfire want to know?

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