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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to the Hessians on the porch?
(a) They are killed by the Americans.
(b) They are unscathed and taken prisoner.
(c) They shoot their way past the Americans.
(d) They are wounded and taken prisoner.

6. What does the Corporal at the campfire know that surprises Jonathan?
(a) How many Hessians took Jonathan prisoner.
(b) Why Jonathan left his gun behind.
(c) The location of the house.
(d) Where the boy's relatives live.

7. What are the Corporal's orders to Jonathan as they approach the house?
(a) To rush in shooting.
(b) To go in quietly and tie them up.
(c) To stand guard outside.
(d) To look inside and see if they are sleeping.

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

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

10. 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.

11. What does the boy do when he and Jonathan discover his dead parents?
(a) Cries.
(b) Plays with his mother's hair.
(c) Tries to revive them.
(d) Tells Jonathan what happened.

12. What does the Corporal tell the men who ask what they're going to do with the Hessians?
(a) They're going to kill them.
(b) They're going to take them prisoner.
(c) He doesn't say.
(d) They're going to let them go free.

13. What challenge does Jonathan face when he leaves the house at night?
(a) Avoiding enemy soldiers.
(b) Climbing a fence.
(c) Getting past a bear.
(d) Seeing in the dark.

14. What does Jonathan consider doing when all the Hessians are asleep in the house?
(a) Helping the boy.
(b) Stealing from them.
(c) Killing them.
(d) Escaping.

15. Who helps Jonathan bury the boy's parents?
(a) The tall Hessian.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) The young Hessian.
(d) The old Hessian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Hessians send Jonathan out of the house?

2. What type of house do Jonathan and the Hessians discover?

3. What does the Corporal reveal about the boy's dead parents?

4. What does the soldier do after the boy's parents are buried?

5. What does Jonathan feel guilty about at the campfire?

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