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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 16 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What road do the soldiers take toward the battle?
(a) Fleming Road.
(b) Trenton Road.
(c) Pennington Road.
(d) Alexandria Road.

2. What does Jonathan hear on the morning of April 3rd?
(a) A shout.
(b) A gun shot.
(c) A bell.
(d) His father calling for him.

3. Why don't the soldiers trust the Corporal on the way to the battle?
(a) He's leading them in the wrong direction.
(b) He keeps changing the number of men they'll be fighting.
(c) He keeps stopping to nap.
(d) He is drunk.

4. Why does Jonathan's mother worry about his older brother?
(a) They've received word that he was wounded in the war.
(b) They've only received one letter from him since he went to war.
(c) She doesn't believe what he writes in his letters from the battlefield.
(d) They've heard nothing from him since he went to war.

5. How does Jonathan's father's friend respond to Jonathan's questions on the way to the battle?
(a) He refuses to speak to Jonathan.
(b) He fills Jonathan in on the details of the battle.
(c) He asks Jonathan whether he has his father's permission to fight.
(d) He tells Jonathan it's better if he doesn't know the details.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the Tories in the story?

3. Who are the Hessians in the story?

4. From what country is the foreign man who is among the soldiers with Jonathan?

5. What does the stranger tell Jonathan to do?

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