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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Corporal reveal about the boy's dead parents?
(a) They were innocent civilians.
(b) They were Hessians.
(c) They were Tories.
(d) They were not really his parents.

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

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

5. What do the men at the campfire give Jonathan to eat?
(a) Beans.
(b) Soup.
(c) Mush.
(d) Johnnycake.

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

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

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

9. What does the Corporal ask Jonathan immediately following the battle with the Hessians at the house?
(a) Whether he wanted to go home.
(b) Whether he tried to save the Hessians.
(c) Whether he wanted to continue fighting.
(d) Whether he tried to kill the Hessians.

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

11. How long is it after Jonathan leaves the house at night that he sees a light?
(a) One-half hour.
(b) One hour.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Two hours.

12. 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.

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

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

15. What helps Jonathan when he has trouble digging up the soil to bury the boy's parents?
(a) Remembering his work on his father's fields.
(b) Wetting it down.
(c) Thinking about the boy.
(d) His determination to do the right thing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the Corporal tell Jonathan to retrieve his gun after the battle with the Hessians at the house?

3. What does the boy do when he and Jonathan discover his dead parents?

4. What request does Jonathan make of the Corporal when he wakes up?

5. What does the Corporal tell the men who ask what they're going to do with the Hessians?

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