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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 116 through 128.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jonathan realize as the enemy officers get closer?
(a) That he's incapable of killing.
(b) That he has never seen an enemy soldier before.
(c) That the Tories are just as bad as the Hessians.
(d) That the enemy soldiers are just like the Americans.

2. What happens as the Americans and Hessians begin shooting at one another?
(a) The thick smoke adds to the chaotic atmosphere.
(b) Jonathan quickly reloads and continues to shoot.
(c) Jonathan runs away.
(d) The fighting continues in an orderly fashion.

3. What helps Jonathan when he has trouble digging up the soil to bury the boy's parents?
(a) His determination to do the right thing.
(b) Thinking about the boy.
(c) Remembering his work on his father's fields.
(d) Wetting it down.

4. What does Jonathan think about the town being called Rocktown?
(a) It makes sense because of all the rocks he sees.
(b) He wonders if the rocks have been recently cleared away.
(c) He sees a quarry which would account for the name.
(d) He's surprised that he sees no rocks.

5. What does Jonathan suspect about the parents of the boy who was killed in the war?
(a) That they are British.
(b) That they are Hessians.
(c) That they are Tories.
(d) That they are French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jonathan's notion about the inhabitants of the house he and the Hessians find?

2. How does Jonathan's father's friend respond to Jonathan's questions on the way to the battle?

3. What is the Hessians' initial response when Jonathan asks for help burying the boy's parents?

4. How do the enemy soldiers appear to Jonathan as they approach?

5. Where is the battle to take place?

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