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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 64 through 76.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the New Jersey soldier uniforms look like?
(a) White jackets with red leggings.
(b) White jackets with blue leggings.
(c) Blue jackets with white leggings.
(d) Red jackets with white leggings.

2. Who falls on top of Jonathan's gun in the midst of the battle?
(a) Jonathan's father's friend.
(b) The Corporal.
(c) The Frenchman.
(d) A Hessian.

3. What does Jonathan think as he and the Hessians begin walking on the road?
(a) That they plan to kill him.
(b) That they have a specific destination in mind.
(c) That the plan to use him for ransom.
(d) That they have no destination in mind.

4. What does Jonathan wonder when he and the Hessians pass the dark stain on the road?
(a) Why he ever volunteered to take part in battle.
(b) What happened to the dead bodies from the battle.
(c) Whether the blood was American or Hessian.
(d) Whether it's the same blood as the blood on him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who are the Hessians in the story?

4. What does Jonathan notice about the weather on the way to the battle?

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

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