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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the attitude of the soldiers at the campfire toward Jonathan?
(a) That he has nothing to be ashamed of.
(b) That he was a coward.
(c) That he should not be permitted to carry a gun.
(d) That he acted with utmost bravery.

2. Who is the first person to greet Jonathan at the campfire?
(a) The Frenchman.
(b) A soldier he doesn't recognize.
(c) The Corporal.
(d) His father's friend.

3. What does Jonathan fear when he sees the light after leaving the house?
(a) That he is lost.
(b) That it is the enemy's camp.
(c) That the Hessians have followed him.
(d) That it is not real.

4. What does Jonathan feel guilty about at the campfire?
(a) That he ran away after the battle.
(b) That he wasn't wounded at the battle.
(c) That he buried the boy's parents.
(d) That it took him so long to escape from the Hessians.

5. What are the Corporal's orders to Jonathan as they approach the house?
(a) To look inside and see if they are sleeping.
(b) To stand guard outside.
(c) To rush in shooting.
(d) To go in quietly and tie them up.

6. What does Jonathan feel upon returning home?
(a) Ashamed of his performance.
(b) Ashamed of disobeying his parents.
(c) Glad to be alive.
(d) Proud of his achievements.

7. What does Jonathan learn at the campfire about the boy's family?
(a) That he had a younger brother who was taken prisoner.
(b) That he had an older brother who went to war.
(c) That he had a younger brother who was killed.
(d) That he had an older brother who escaped.

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

9. What does the Corporal at the campfire know that surprises Jonathan?
(a) How many Hessians took Jonathan prisoner.
(b) Where the boy's relatives live.
(c) The location of the house.
(d) Why Jonathan left his gun behind.

10. 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) Wetting it down.
(c) Thinking about the boy.
(d) Remembering his work on his father's fields.

11. What does Jonathan do when he gets inside the house where the Hessians have been sleeping?
(a) Ties them up.
(b) Tells them it's safe to come out.
(c) Shoots at them.
(d) Warns them about the Americans outside.

12. What is surprising about the Corporal's voice when he awakens Jonathan?
(a) It sounds suspicious.
(b) It sounds proud.
(c) It sounds mean.
(d) It sounds kind.

13. How does the young Hessian appear to Jonathan in the light of the burning stick at night?
(a) Powerful and evil.
(b) Strong and helpful.
(c) Powerful and strong.
(d) Evil and dangerous.

14. What does Jonathan decide to do while the Hessians are asleep in the house?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Return home.
(c) Find the Corporal.
(d) Steal from them.

15. How long is it after Jonathan leaves the house at night that he sees a light?
(a) One hour.
(b) One-half hour.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Two hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Hessians react to the Corporal's shouts?

2. What do the American soldiers do once Jonathan has shut himself inside the house?

3. Where does Jonathan find the child?

4. What do the men at the campfire want to do when they hear Jonathan's story?

5. What is in the box that the boy points out to Jonathan in the house?

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