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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 feel guilty about at the campfire?
2. What do the American soldiers do once Jonathan has shut himself inside the house?
3. Where does Jonathan find the child?
4. How do the Hessians react to the Corporal's shouts?
5. What does the interior of the house Jonathan and the Hessians find look like?
Short Essay Questions
1. What connection does Jonathan make between the death of his father's friend in battle and the death of the boy's parents at the hands of the Corporal?
2. Why does the young Hessian insist on digging the grave on his own?
3. Why is it important to Jonathan to know whether the Hessians killed the boy's parents?
4. Why does Jonathan feel a sense of comaraderie with his enemy captor, just because he winks at him?
5. In what way does Jonathan begin to see the Corporal differently when the man wakes him up at the campfire?
6. What is the significance of Jonathan choosing to find the Corporal instead of killing the sleeping Hessians?
7. Why does Jonathan risk his life and the boy's by bringing the boy to the Hessians?
8. What does the Corporal's reaction to Jonathan and the boy's appearance at the campfire reveal about his character?
9. How do the reactions of the men differ from those of the Corporal when Jonathan appears at the campfire?
10. When Jonathan starts to protest the Corporal's orders, explaining that the Hessians "didn't hurt me," what effect does the Corporal's response have on him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the use of time-stamping throughout the book. What effect does it have on the reader to see events unfold more slowly or more quickly using this device?
Essay Topic 2
In what ways is this book a coming-of-age story? What are the major events that cause Jonathan to change from a child to an adult, and how do these changes manifest in him? How is he different before and after his experiences as a soldier?
Essay Topic 3
Who is more treasonous--the Tory spies killed by the Corporal or the young American (Jonathan) who tries to protect the Hessian enemy? What does this tell us about the author's definition of treason?
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