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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 16 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Jonathan starts to whistle on the way to the battle?
(a) Other men join him.
(b) A man gives him an angry look.
(c) The Corporal tells him to keep quiet.
(d) The enemy hears him.

2. Where does Jonathan go to find out information about the ringing of the bell?
(a) The school.
(b) The town meeting hall.
(c) The tavern.
(d) The church.

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

4. What road do the soldiers take toward the battle?
(a) Fleming Road.
(b) Alexandria Road.
(c) Trenton Road.
(d) Pennington Road.

5. What happened to Jonathan's father in the war?
(a) He was wounded in the shoulder.
(b) He was wounded in the arm.
(c) He was wounded in the leg.
(d) He was wounded in the foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonathan detect in the face of the man who accuses the Corporal of having a reputation?

2. What does Jonathan suspect about the parents of the boy who was killed in the war?

3. Where is the battle to take place?

4. Who holds Alexandria, Fleming and Well's Ferry at the beginning of the story?

5. What does Jonathan hear on the morning of April 3rd?

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