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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the interior of the house Jonathan and the Hessians find look like?
(a) One room with a dirt floor.
(b) One floor with several rooms.
(c) One room with a tile floor.
(d) Two stories with a decaying staircase.

2. What is the small boy's appearance when Jonathan finds him?
(a) He is malnourished.
(b) He is wounded.
(c) He is naked.
(d) He is dirty.

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

4. 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 are hiding in it.
(c) They quickly abandoned it.
(d) They were killed in it.

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

6. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in the house at night time?
(a) Ties Jonathan's wrists.
(b) Ties Jonathan's ankle to his own.
(c) Ties Jonathan's ankle to a chair.
(d) Ties Jonathan's wrist to his own.

7. Why do the Hessians send Jonathan out of the house?
(a) To milk the cow.
(b) To hunt for food.
(c) To search for firewood.
(d) To stand guard.

8. What does the soldier do after the boy's parents are buried?
(a) Recite a long prayer.
(b) Recite a brief prayer.
(c) Walk away.
(d) Spit on the ground.

9. What question does the Corporal ask Jonathan when he awakens him?
(a) Whether he wants to continue fighting.
(b) How old he is.
(c) Where he lives.
(d) How long he has been a soldier.

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

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

12. What does Jonathan do with the gun he retrieves from the house?
(a) He takes it back to its owner.
(b) He gives it to the Corporal.
(c) He cleans and loads it.
(d) He smashes it to pieces.

13. What does the Corporal have Jonathan do for the men as they approach the house?
(a) Describe the house.
(b) Come up with strategies.
(c) Describe the Hessians.
(d) Give them assignments.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jonathan end up after the struggle with the Hessians on the porch?

2. What is the Hessians' initial response when Jonathan asks for help burying the boy's parents?

3. What does Jonathan learn at the campfire about the boy's family?

4. How were the boy's parents buried?

5. When does the Corporal want the soldiers to arrive at the house where the Hessians are?

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