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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question asked by the woman in Rocktown surprises Jonathan?
(a) Where they came from.
(b) Whether they're hungry.
(c) Where they're headed.
(d) What side they're fighting on.

2. What does Jonathan notice about the weather on the way to the battle?
(a) A storm is brewing.
(b) It's starting to rain.
(c) It's getting colder.
(d) There isn't a cloud in the sky.

3. What does the Corporal tell the men to do if it rains as they prepare to fight?
(a) Continue shooting.
(b) Find a building for shelter.
(c) Take cover under a tree.
(d) Keep their pans covered and dry.

4. What promise does Jonathan make to the tavern keeper?
(a) That he'll pay him for the gun.
(b) That he'll return the gun.
(c) That he'll return safely from battle.
(d) That he'll get permission from his parents to fight.

5. 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 British.
(d) That they are Tories.

6. What does Jonathan think he saw for an instant through the fog as he walks on the road with the Hessians?
(a) A child.
(b) His father.
(c) The Corporal.
(d) A wounded soldier.

7. What does the youngest Hessian look like?
(a) He has bright, rosy cheeks.
(b) He is dark-skinned.
(c) He is tan.
(d) He is pale and sallow.

8. What has happened to Jonathan's shoes as a result of the battle?
(a) They are both smeared with blood.
(b) There is blood on one.
(c) One is missing.
(d) One has fallen apart.

9. Who holds Alexandria, Fleming and Well's Ferry at the beginning of the story?
(a) The British.
(b) The Hessians.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The Tories.

10. What do Jonathan and the Hessians hear from the road?
(a) A cow.
(b) A child.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A bear.

11. 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 so tired he no longer cares.
(c) He decides he'd rather not know.
(d) He's afraid of being sent home.

12. What idea of the Corporal's for facing the enemy is met with resistance?
(a) Hiding behind rocks and bushes.
(b) Charging.
(c) Scattering.
(d) Lining up.

13. How are the enemy soldiers arranged as they approach Rocktown?
(a) Single file.
(b) Two by two.
(c) Four by four.
(d) Three by three.

14. Why don't the soldiers trust the Corporal on the way to the battle?
(a) He keeps changing the number of men they'll be fighting.
(b) He's leading them in the wrong direction.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He keeps stopping to nap.

15. What happens to Jonathan immediately following the battle with the Hessians?
(a) He chases after the Hessians.
(b) He kills the remaining Hessians.
(c) Three Hessians come after him.
(d) The American soldiers come back for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point does the Corporal tell the men they should start shooting the Hessians?

2. Who are the Tories in the story?

3. What happens as Jonathan and the Hessians begin to walk?

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

5. What does Jonathan hear soon after the battle with the Hessians?

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