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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Jonathan's notion about the inhabitants of the house he and the Hessians find?
(a) They could return at any moment.
(b) They quickly abandoned it.
(c) They are hiding in it.
(d) They were killed in it.

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

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

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

9. What does Jonathan fear when he sees the light after leaving the house?
(a) That he is lost.
(b) That it is not real.
(c) That the Hessians have followed him.
(d) That it is the enemy's camp.

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

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

12. 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 not trying to save his life.
(c) The Corporal is talking instead of shooting.
(d) The Corporal is trying to save his life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Corporal reveal about the boy's parents' deaths?

2. What does Jonathan feel upon returning home?

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

4. Where does Jonathan find the child?

5. What question does the Corporal ask Jonathan when he awakens him?

(see the answer keys)

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