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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. Why does Jonathan fall behind the other soldiers on the way to the battle?
(a) His gun is long and heavy.
(b) He is scared.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) His legs are shorter.

2. What is Jonathan's father's attitude toward Jonathan going to war?
(a) He forbids it.
(b) He is ambivalent about it.
(c) He cautiously allows it.
(d) He wholly supports it.

3. What is Jonathan afraid of as he and the Hessians rest?
(a) That they will harm him.
(b) That he will never see home again.
(c) That they will abandon him.
(d) That he will have to continue fighting battles.

4. What is in the box that the boy points out to Jonathan in the house?
(a) A toy.
(b) A gun.
(c) A sack and a blanket.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tavern keeper encourage Jonathan to do?

2. What happens when the Corporal invites the men to replace him?

3. What do the men at the campfire give Jonathan to eat?

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

5. What does Jonathan understand about the cow near the house he and the Hessians discover?

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