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

2. Who is the first person to greet Jonathan at the campfire?
(a) The Frenchman.
(b) The Corporal.
(c) A soldier he doesn't recognize.
(d) His father's friend.

3. How does the soldier who helps Jonathan react to Jonathan's grave-digging?
(a) With compassion.
(b) With praise.
(c) With disgust.
(d) With pity.

4. What is in the box that the boy points out to Jonathan in the house?
(a) A sack and a blanket.
(b) Money.
(c) A toy.
(d) A gun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Hessians force Jonathan to do when they first find the house?

2. How were the boy's parents buried?

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

4. What information surprises Jonathan at the campfire?

5. Who helps Jonathan bury the boy's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the young Hessian insist on digging the grave on his own?

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

3. 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?

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

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's telling the Corporal that he wants to go home, and the Corporal telling him that he's needed?

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

8. What is the significance of Jonathan choosing to carry the boy and leave the gun in the house?

9. Why does Jonathan have confusing reactions to the men's assessment at the campfire of the result of the battle?

10. 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?

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