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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 90 through 102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jonathan understand about the cow near the house he and the Hessians discover?
(a) It needs to be millked.
(b) It is hungry.
(c) It is dying.
(d) It has recently been milked.

2. How were the boy's parents buried?
(a) In a single grave, the woman first.
(b) In two graves some distance apart.
(c) In a single grave, the man first.
(d) In two adjacent graves.

3. Why does Jonathan's mother worry about his older brother?
(a) They've heard nothing from him since he went to war.
(b) She doesn't believe what he writes in his letters from the battlefield.
(c) They've received word that he was wounded in the war.
(d) They've only received one letter from him since he went to war.

4. What facial feature does the youngest Hessian have?
(a) A thin, blond wisp of mustache.
(b) A scar.
(c) A bruise.
(d) A long, dark mustache.

5. What does Jonathan think he saw for an instant through the fog as he walks on the road with the Hessians?
(a) The Corporal.
(b) His father.
(c) A wounded soldier.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy do when he and Jonathan discover his dead parents?

2. What do the soldiers accuse the Corporal of after asking him about the men from Snydertown?

3. Who are the British in the story?

4. What does Jonathan have trouble doing as the enemy approaches in Rocktown?

5. What does Jonathan think would make him feel better while he and the Hessians are resting?

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