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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonathan realize as the enemy officers get closer?

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

3. What do the American soldiers do as the Hessian soldiers come closer?

4. What facial feature does the tall Hessian have?

5. What does Jonathan do soon after the battle with the Hessians?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jonathan feel about his performance in the battle?

2. Why doesn't Jonathan try to escape from his captors?

3. What happens when the Corporal suggests to the men that if they're not happy with his leadership, they should replace him as leader?

4. What new feelings does Jonathan experience immediately following the battle?

5. How does Jonathan begin to understand what the Hessians are saying to him?

6. How does Jonathan feel about Hessians, as opposed to Tories?

7. What mixed message does the tavern keeper send Jonathan?

8. How do the local men react to the Corporal at the beginning of the story?

9. Why does Jonathan try to understand the Hessians' words when he knows he doesn't speak their language?

10. What happens when the Corporal orders the men to organize themselves into lines?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's view of war? How does he use the murder of the child's parents to advance this view? What does the Corporal symbolize in regard to the author's view of war?

Essay Topic 2

When the Frenchman explains to Jonathan that soldiers either kill or get killed, what is it about Jonathan's experience that leads him to believe that it may not be this black-and-white? How has Jonathan's notion of what it means to be a soldier changed?

Essay Topic 3

Much of the text consists of the silent inner workings of Jonathan's mind as he tries to figure out his own beliefs and wonders about his fate. As he spends time with his Hessian captors, what effect does his relationship with them have on his changing thought process, specifically on his thoughts about war?

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