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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 90 through 102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the boy's parents buried?
(a) In a single grave, the woman first.
(b) In two graves some distance apart.
(c) In two adjacent graves.
(d) In a single grave, the man first.

2. Who are the Hessians?
(a) The German-speaking enemy soldiers.
(b) The British.
(c) The Americans' allies.
(d) The Tories.

3. What stories has Jonathan heard about what Hessians do to prisoners?
(a) Hanging, jailing and enslavement.
(b) Death by firing squad.
(c) Death by starvation.
(d) Torture and beheading.

4. Who are the British in the story?
(a) The Americans' captives.
(b) The Americans' enemies.
(c) The Americans' slaves.
(d) The Americans' allies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonathan have trouble doing as the enemy approaches in Rocktown?

2. What does Jonathan do when the young Hessian stops to look at something on the road?

3. What idea of the Corporal's for facing the enemy is met with resistance?

4. What happens when the Corporal invites the men to replace him?

5. What is Jonathan's father's attitude toward Jonathan going to war?

(see the answer key)

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