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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) Half a loaf of bread.
(b) A tin of beans.
(c) A wedge of cheese.
(d) A basket of eggs.

2. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in response to Jonathan's advice about the soldiers outside?
(a) He tries to push Jonathan out the door.
(b) He grabs Jonathan and uses him as a shield.
(c) He shoots at Jonathan.
(d) He gives Jonathan a gun to use against his own men.

3. What is in the box that the boy points out to Jonathan in the house?
(a) A toy.
(b) A gun.
(c) A sack and a blanket.
(d) Money.

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

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

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

7. What does the man who greets Jonathan at the campfire want to know?
(a) How Jonathan got away from the Hessians.
(b) Why Jonathan did not kill the Hessians.
(c) Why Jonathan does not have his gun.
(d) Where the Hessians took Jonathan.

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

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

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

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

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

13. How does Jonathan begin to find his way once he has left the house?
(a) He uses the stars.
(b) He looks for the woods.
(c) He looks for a campfire.
(d) He looks for the road.

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

15. How do the Hessians react to the discovery of the boy's dead parents?
(a) With annoyance and impatience.
(b) They try to pull the boy away from the scene.
(c) With sympathy and compassion.
(d) They look more closely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the Corporal's orders to Jonathan as they approach the house?

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

4. What does the Corporal ask Jonathan immediately following the battle with the Hessians at the house?

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

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