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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 77 through 89.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jonathan have trouble doing as the enemy approaches in Rocktown?
(a) Loading his gun.
(b) Standing in place.
(c) Raising his gun.
(d) Fighting the urge to flee.

2. What does the Corporal tell the men to do if it rains as they prepare to fight?
(a) Continue shooting.
(b) Keep their pans covered and dry.
(c) Take cover under a tree.
(d) Find a building for shelter.

3. What does Jonathan understand about the cow near the house he and the Hessians discover?
(a) It is dying.
(b) It needs to be millked.
(c) It is hungry.
(d) It has recently been milked.

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

5. What is the Hessians' reputation?
(a) They kill for money.
(b) They kill for sport.
(c) They kill for land.
(d) They take hostages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of gun does the tavern keeper give Jonathan?

2. At what point does the Corporal tell the men they should start shooting the Hessians?

3. How does Jonathan feel toward the Hessians when he realizes he is all alone with them?

4. What things does Jonathan discover in the house he and the Hessians find?

5. What idea of the Corporal's for facing the enemy is met with resistance?

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