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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 51 through 63.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Tories.
(c) That they are French.
(d) That they are British.

3. Why does the Corporal rule out an ambush from the trees?
(a) The men all have rifles.
(b) The trees aren't fit for climbing.
(c) The enemy will anticipate that strategy.
(d) The men would be too far away.

4. Who are the Hessians in the story?
(a) The German-speaking allies of the British.
(b) The Americans' allies.
(c) The French-speaking allies of the British.
(d) The Americans' captives.

5. Who holds Pennington and Trenton at the beginning of the story?
(a) The British and the Hessians.
(b) The Tories.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers accuse the Corporal of after asking him about the men from Snydertown?

2. Why does Jonathan jump up and yell "Don't shoot!" to the Hessians.

3. What facial feature does the tall Hessian have?

4. How is Jonathan feeling just before the battle with the Hessians begins?

5. What does Jonathan want to be at the beginning of the story?

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