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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) Confidently.
(b) Pitifully.
(c) Proudly.
(d) Nervously.
2. What does the boy do when he and Jonathan discover his dead parents?
(a) Plays with his mother's hair.
(b) Tries to revive them.
(c) Cries.
(d) Tells Jonathan what happened.
3. Who is the first person to greet Jonathan at the campfire?
(a) The Corporal.
(b) The Frenchman.
(c) His father's friend.
(d) A soldier he doesn't recognize.
4. What challenge does Jonathan face when he leaves the house at night?
(a) Getting past a bear.
(b) Seeing in the dark.
(c) Climbing a fence.
(d) Avoiding enemy soldiers.
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 strong.
(c) Strong and helpful.
(d) Powerful and evil.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the Corporal's orders to Jonathan as they approach the house?
2. What is Jonathan's notion about the inhabitants of the house he and the Hessians find?
3. Where does Jonathan end up after the struggle with the Hessians on the porch?
4. What does Jonathan understand about the cow near the house he and the Hessians discover?
5. What does the interior of the house Jonathan and the Hessians find look like?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Why does the young Hessian recite a prayer over the grave of two Americans?
4. How do the Hessians treat Jonathan when he is trying to save their lives?
5. What does the Corporal's reaction to Jonathan and the boy's appearance at the campfire reveal about his character?
6. What is the significance of Jonathan smashing the borrowed gun to pieces in a fit of rage?
7. Why does Jonathan think he sees himself from the day before when he returns home?
8. How do the reactions of the men differ from those of the Corporal when Jonathan appears at the campfire?
9. 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?
10. Why is the Corporal being kind to Jonathan after he wakes him up?
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