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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the small boy's appearance when Jonathan finds him?
(a) He is malnourished.
(b) He is dirty.
(c) He is naked.
(d) He is wounded.

2. Who takes the small boy to his home?
(a) The Corporal.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Jonathan's father's friend.
(d) The Frenchman.

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

4. What does Jonathan understand about the cow near the house he and the Hessians discover?
(a) It is dying.
(b) It needs to be millked.
(c) It is hungry.
(d) It has recently been milked.

5. How does the boy respond the first time Jonathan asks about his parents?
(a) He reveals their location.
(b) He cries.
(c) He is silent.
(d) He says he doesn't know where they are.

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

7. When does the Corporal want the soldiers to arrive at the house where the Hessians are?
(a) At nightfall.
(b) At dawn.
(c) At high noon.
(d) At midnight.

8. How many American soldiers does Jonathan learn were killed or wounded in the battle?
(a) None killed and two wounded.
(b) Two killed and one wounded.
(c) One killed and no wounded.
(d) One killed and two wounded.

9. How does the soldier who helps Jonathan react to Jonathan's grave-digging?
(a) With disgust.
(b) With praise.
(c) With compassion.
(d) With pity.

10. How does the young Hessian appear to Jonathan in the light of the burning stick at night?
(a) Evil and dangerous.
(b) Powerful and strong.
(c) Powerful and evil.
(d) Strong and helpful.

11. What is the Hessians' initial response when Jonathan asks for help burying the boy's parents?
(a) They throw him out of the house.
(b) They tie him up.
(c) They yell at him.
(d) They ignore him.

12. Why does the Corporal tell Jonathan to retrieve his gun after the battle with the Hessians at the house?
(a) Because there may be more enemy soldiers in the area.
(b) Because he needs it to fight.
(c) Because the Corporal wants to use it.
(d) Because he needs to return it to its owner.

13. What information surprises Jonathan at the campfire?
(a) That most of the Americans were taken prisoner.
(b) That none of the other Americans were taken prisoner.
(c) That the Americans beat the Hessians in the battle.
(d) That the Hessians beat the Americans in the battle.

14. What does Jonathan tell the Hessians to do in response to the Corporal's shouts?
(a) To give up.
(b) To fight.
(c) To sacrifice his life for theirs.
(d) To spare his life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does the Corporal offer for the boy's refusal to speak?

2. What does the interior of the house Jonathan and the Hessians find look like?

3. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in the house at night time?

4. What are the Hessians doing when Jonathan brings the boy to the house after finding his dead parents?

5. What does Jonathan do when he gets inside the house where the Hessians have been sleeping?

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