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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 needs to be millked.
(d) It has recently been milked.

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

3. Where does Jonathan find the child?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) In the shed.
(c) Under the porch.
(d) In the woods.

4. What type of house do Jonathan and the Hessians discover?
(a) A large log house.
(b) A small brick house.
(c) A broken down shack.
(d) A small log house.

5. What does Jonathan do when he gets inside the house where the Hessians have been sleeping?
(a) Shoots at them.
(b) Tells them it's safe to come out.
(c) Ties them up.
(d) Warns them about the Americans outside.

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

7. What does Jonathan decide to do while the Hessians are asleep in the house?
(a) Steal from them.
(b) Find the Corporal.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Return home.

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

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

10. How many people does Jonathan see around the campfire?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

11. What is the Hessians' initial response when Jonathan asks for help burying the boy's parents?
(a) They throw him out of the house.
(b) They tie him up.
(c) They yell at him.
(d) They ignore him.

12. 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.

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

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

15. What request does Jonathan make of the Corporal when he wakes up?
(a) To be taught fighting techniques.
(b) To continue fighting.
(c) To take the boy to find his brother.
(d) To go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonathan do with the gun he retrieves from the house?

2. How were the boy's parents buried?

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

4. What does Jonathan feel upon returning home?

5. What helps Jonathan when he has trouble digging up the soil to bury the boy's parents?

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