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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food do the Hessians find in the house they discover?
(a) A wedge of cheese.
(b) Half a loaf of bread.
(c) A tin of beans.
(d) A basket of eggs.

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

3. What type of house do Jonathan and the Hessians discover?
(a) A large log house.
(b) A small log house.
(c) A broken down shack.
(d) A small brick house.

4. Where does Jonathan find the child?
(a) In the shed.
(b) In the cellar.
(c) Under the porch.
(d) In the woods.

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

6. What does Jonathan find interesting about the Corporal's yelling at the Hessians?
(a) The Corporal knows they don't speak English.
(b) The Corporal is talking instead of shooting.
(c) The Corporal is not trying to save his life.
(d) The Corporal is trying to save his life.

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

8. What explanation does the Corporal offer for the boy's refusal to speak?
(a) He is deaf-mute.
(b) He doesn't speak English.
(c) He is traumatized.
(d) His tongue was cut out.

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

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

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

12. How do the Hessians react to the Corporal's shouts?
(a) They prepare to fight their way out.
(b) They prepare to surrender.
(c) They hit the floor.
(d) They prepare to use Jonathan as a hostage.

13. What do the men at the campfire want to do when they hear Jonathan's story?
(a) Find the boy's relatives.
(b) Take the Hessians prisoner.
(c) Kill the Hessians at the house.
(d) Take Jonathan home.

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

15. What does Jonathan decide to do with his own gun before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?
(a) Use it to kill them.
(b) Leave it behind.
(c) Hide it from the Hessians.
(d) Take it with him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Jonathan decide to do while the Hessians are asleep in the house?

4. What does Jonathan tell the Hessians to do in response to the Corporal's shouts?

5. What is the attitude of the soldiers at the campfire toward Jonathan?

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