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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 29 through 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the stranger who gathers the soldiers?
(a) A civilian.
(b) A corporal.
(c) A sergeant.
(d) A general.

2. What does the tavern keeper encourage Jonathan to do?
(a) To run away when the battle begins.
(b) To get more training before fighting.
(c) To fight.
(d) Not to fight.

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

4. Why does the Corporal get angry when a soldier in Rocktown fires a shot into the air?
(a) The soldier is wasting ammunition.
(b) He's afraid they'll give away their location.
(c) The soldier used the Corporal's gun.
(d) The Corporal doesn't want to frighten the woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the stranger tell Jonathan to do?

2. What does Jonathan detect in the face of the man who accuses the Corporal of having a reputation?

3. What does Jonathan suspect about the parents of the boy who was killed in the war?

4. When was the last time Jonathan was as far from home as he is on the way to the battle?

5. Why does Jonathan decide not to ask any more questions about the battle after talking to his father's friend?

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