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

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

3. Who takes the small boy to his home?
(a) The Corporal.
(b) Jonathan's father's friend.
(c) The Frenchman.
(d) Jonathan.

4. What does the soldier do after the boy's parents are buried?
(a) Recite a long prayer.
(b) Spit on the ground.
(c) Walk away.
(d) Recite a brief prayer.

5. Who helps Jonathan bury the boy's parents?
(a) An American soldier.
(b) The old Hessian.
(c) The tall Hessian.
(d) The young Hessian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Hessians on the porch?

2. How does Jonathan begin to find his way once he has left the house?

3. What does Jonathan decide to do while the Hessians are asleep in the house?

4. What is the attitude of the soldiers at the campfire toward Jonathan?

5. What are the Corporal's orders to Jonathan as they approach the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What is the significance of Jonathan smashing the borrowed gun to pieces in a fit of rage?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. Why does Jonathan risk his life and the boy's by bringing the boy to the Hessians?

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