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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What order does the Corporal give as the enemy approaches that Jonathan is afraid he won't be able to follow?
(a) Shooting to kill.
(b) Aiming low.
(c) Firing two rounds a minute.
(d) Being among the first to fire.

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

3. What do the American soldiers do as the Hessian soldiers come closer?
(a) Wait to fire until the Corporal gives the signal.
(b) Scatter and run.
(c) Begin to shout.
(d) Fire before the Corporal gives the signal.

4. Who is the stranger who gathers the soldiers?
(a) A civilian.
(b) A corporal.
(c) A sergeant.
(d) A general.

5. Why does the Corporal rule out an ambush from the trees?
(a) The men would be too far away.
(b) The trees aren't fit for climbing.
(c) The enemy will anticipate that strategy.
(d) The men all have rifles.

6. What does Jonathan wonder about as he and the Hessians rest?
(a) Why he went to battle in the first place.
(b) Whether other Hessians in the battle had taken prisoners.
(c) Whether he can make the Hessians his allies.
(d) How he can communicate with the Hessians.

7. What road do the soldiers take toward the battle?
(a) Pennington Road.
(b) Fleming Road.
(c) Alexandria Road.
(d) Trenton Road.

8. What facial feature does the youngest Hessian have?
(a) A scar.
(b) A thin, blond wisp of mustache.
(c) A long, dark mustache.
(d) A bruise.

9. How does the Corporal try to organize the men in Rocktown as the enemy approaches?
(a) In one line.
(b) In two lines.
(c) Hiding behind rocks and bushes.
(d) In three lines.

10. How do the enemy soldiers appear to Jonathan as they approach?
(a) Large.
(b) Ordinary sized.
(c) Scared.
(d) Small.

11. How is Jonathan feeling just before the battle with the Hessians begins?
(a) Unworthy of being a soldier.
(b) Nervous and ill.
(c) Brave and prepared.
(d) Determined to prove himself.

12. Where is the battle to take place?
(a) Fleming.
(b) Rocktown.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Pennington.

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

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

15. Who are the Hessians in the story?
(a) The German-speaking allies of the British.
(b) The Americans' allies.
(c) The Americans' captives.
(d) The French-speaking allies of the British.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jonathan's mother worry about his older brother?

2. What happens to Jonathan immediately following the battle with the Hessians?

3. How does Jonathan's father's friend respond to Jonathan's questions on the way to the battle?

4. What does Jonathan think as he and the Hessians begin walking on the road?

5. What does Jonathan wonder as he and the Hessians follow the sound they hear?

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