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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 142 through 152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the soldier do after the boy's parents are buried?
(a) Recite a long prayer.
(b) Spit on the ground.
(c) Recite a brief prayer.
(d) Walk away.

2. What type of gun does the tavern keeper give Jonathan?
(a) A musket.
(b) A hand gun.
(c) A six-gauge shotgun.
(d) A rifle.

3. What does Jonathan think would make him feel better while he and the Hessians are resting?
(a) If all the soldiers on his side had gotten away from the Hessians.
(b) If all the other Hessians had been killed.
(c) If the soldiers on his side had taken Hessians prisoner.
(d) If other soldiers on his side had also been taken prisoner.

4. Where is the Corporal's clothing torn when he awakens Jonathan?
(a) In the collar.
(b) In the shoulder.
(c) In the knee.
(d) In the sleeve.

5. What do the American soldiers discuss immediately following the battle with the Hessians at the house?
(a) How inept the Hessians were.
(b) How brave Jonathan was.
(c) How foolish Jonathan was.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Corporal tell the men who ask what they're going to do with the Hessians?

2. In what direction do the Hessians take Jonathan?

3. What does the Corporal yell to the Hessians from outside the house?

4. What does Jonathan hear when the Hessians wake him up from his rest?

5. Who are the Hessians in the story?

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