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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men react to the Corporal at the campfire?
(a) Nervously.
(b) Pitifully.
(c) Proudly.
(d) Confidently.

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

3. What are the Hessians doing when Jonathan brings the boy to the house after finding his dead parents?
(a) Preparing for battle.
(b) Eating.
(c) Relaxing.
(d) Talking.

4. How does the boy respond the first time Jonathan asks about his parents?
(a) He cries.
(b) He says he doesn't know where they are.
(c) He reveals their location.
(d) He is silent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Corporal yell to the Hessians from outside the house?

2. What does Jonathan suspect about the Corporal at the campfire?

3. What does the Corporal at the campfire know that surprises Jonathan?

4. What does the soldier do after the boy's parents are buried?

5. What does Jonathan decide to do with his own gun before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the young Hessian recite a prayer over the grave of two Americans?

2. In what way does untying himself from the sleeping Hessian represent a change in Jonathan?

3. How do the reactions of the men differ from those of the Corporal when Jonathan appears at the campfire?

4. Why does Jonathan feel a sense of comaraderie with his enemy captor, just because he winks at him?

5. Why is the Corporal being kind to Jonathan after he wakes him up?

6. When Jonathan starts to protest the Corporal's orders, explaining that the Hessians "didn't hurt me," what effect does the Corporal's response have on him?

7. Why is the task of milking the cow so comforting to Jonathan?

8. What connection does Jonathan make between the death of his father's friend in battle and the death of the boy's parents at the hands of the Corporal?

9. What is the significance of Jonathan choosing to find the Corporal instead of killing the sleeping Hessians?

10. According to the Corporal, how do the boy's dead parents fit into the story as a whole?

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