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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. What food do the Hessians find in the house they discover?
(a) Half a loaf of bread.
(b) A basket of eggs.
(c) A wedge of cheese.
(d) A tin of beans.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information surprises Jonathan at the campfire?

2. What is in the box that the boy points out to Jonathan in the house?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. By using a language that the Hessians do not understand, does the Corporal really give them a chance to save their lives when he tells them to surrender?

5. When one of the soldiers urges Jonathan toward the house where the Hessians are sleeping, reassuring him that nothing will happen to him, what does this reveal about how Jonathan's experience has made him different from the other men?

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

7. What event causes Jonathan to reassess whether the Hessians are his friends or his enemies as he milks the cow?

8. Why does Jonathan think he sees himself from the day before when he returns home?

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

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

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