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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 does the old Hessian take out while they rest?
(a) A flask.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A cigarette.

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

3. Why does Jonathan decide not to ask any more questions about the battle after talking to his father's friend?
(a) He doesn't trust any of the other men.
(b) He's afraid of being sent home.
(c) He decides he'd rather not know.
(d) He's so tired he no longer cares.

4. Who are the Tories in the story?
(a) American traitors.
(b) American allies.
(c) The British.
(d) The German-speaking allies of the British.

5. What does Jonathan realize as the enemy officers get closer?
(a) That the enemy soldiers are just like the Americans.
(b) That the Tories are just as bad as the Hessians.
(c) That he has never seen an enemy soldier before.
(d) That he's incapable of killing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What facial feature does the youngest Hessian have?

2. Why don't the soldiers trust the Corporal on the way to the battle?

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

4. How many houses are there in Rocktown?

5. Who is the stranger who gathers the soldiers?

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