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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. What promise does Jonathan make to the tavern keeper?
(a) That he'll return safely from battle.
(b) That he'll return the gun.
(c) That he'll get permission from his parents to fight.
(d) That he'll pay him for the gun.

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

3. From what country is the foreign man who is among the soldiers with Jonathan?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

4. What does Jonathan suspect about the parents of the boy who was killed in the war?
(a) That they are Hessians.
(b) That they are French.
(c) That they are Tories.
(d) That they are British.

5. How many houses are there in Rocktown?
(a) Forty.
(b) Six.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question asked by the woman in Rocktown surprises Jonathan?

2. What happens to the Corporal when, after organizing the men to face the enemy, he first tries to get back on his horse?

3. What signals the soldier that the enemy is on their way?

4. What is Jonathan hoping as he heads toward the sound of the bell?

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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