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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Jonathan feeling as he begins to carry out the Corporal's orders at the house?
(a) Sad.
(b) Proud.
(c) Brave.
(d) Uncertain.

3. What does Jonathan do before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?
(a) He takes the boy.
(b) He steals a gun.
(c) He ties them up.
(d) He takes their food.

4. What does the Corporal yell to the Hessians from outside the house?
(a) Come out or we'll shoot!
(b) Surrender!
(c) Stay inside and we'll let you live!
(d) Send Jonathan out and no one will be hurt!

5. What does Jonathan learn at the campfire about the boy's family?
(a) That he had an older brother who went to war.
(b) That he had an older brother who escaped.
(c) That he had a younger brother who was taken prisoner.
(d) That he had a younger brother who was killed.

6. What does the Corporal reveal about the boy's parents' deaths?
(a) The Tories killed them.
(b) They were killed in the crossfire of a battle.
(c) The Hessians killed them.
(d) He killed them.

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

8. What does Jonathan feel guilty about at the campfire?
(a) That he buried the boy's parents.
(b) That he wasn't wounded at the battle.
(c) That it took him so long to escape from the Hessians.
(d) That he ran away after the battle.

9. What do the Hessians force Jonathan to do when they first find the house?
(a) Hide under the porch.
(b) Lock himself in the shed.
(c) Go inside first.
(d) Stay outside as a guard.

10. What does Jonathan suspect about the Corporal at the campfire?
(a) That he is actually an enemy soldier.
(b) That he followed Jonathan and the Hessians.
(c) That he has not actually earned the rank of Corporal.
(d) That he is insane.

11. Who is the first person to greet Jonathan at the campfire?
(a) The Frenchman.
(b) The Corporal.
(c) A soldier he doesn't recognize.
(d) His father's friend.

12. What is surprising about the Corporal's voice when he awakens Jonathan?
(a) It sounds proud.
(b) It sounds kind.
(c) It sounds mean.
(d) It sounds suspicious.

13. What does Jonathan feel upon returning home?
(a) Ashamed of his performance.
(b) Ashamed of disobeying his parents.
(c) Glad to be alive.
(d) Proud of his achievements.

14. What does Jonathan suspect about the death of the boy's parents?
(a) That the Americans killed them.
(b) That they committed suicide.
(c) That the Hessians he's with killed them.
(d) That the boy accidentally killed them.

15. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in the house at night time?
(a) Ties Jonathan's wrist to his own.
(b) Ties Jonathan's ankle to his own.
(c) Ties Jonathan's ankle to a chair.
(d) Ties Jonathan's wrists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Hessians react to the Corporal's shouts?

2. What does Jonathan do with the gun he retrieves from the house?

3. What happens to the Hessians on the porch?

4. What does the Corporal at the campfire know that surprises Jonathan?

5. How do the Hessians react to the discovery of the boy's dead parents?

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