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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 are the Corporal's orders to Jonathan as they approach the house?
(a) To rush in shooting.
(b) To stand guard outside.
(c) To go in quietly and tie them up.
(d) To look inside and see if they are sleeping.

2. Why do the Hessians send Jonathan out of the house?
(a) To milk the cow.
(b) To stand guard.
(c) To search for firewood.
(d) To hunt for food.

3. What does the Corporal yell to the Hessians from outside the house?
(a) Surrender!
(b) Stay inside and we'll let you live!
(c) Send Jonathan out and no one will be hurt!
(d) Come out or we'll shoot!

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

5. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in response to Jonathan's advice about the soldiers outside?
(a) He tries to push Jonathan out the door.
(b) He shoots at Jonathan.
(c) He grabs Jonathan and uses him as a shield.
(d) He gives Jonathan a gun to use against his own men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonathan learn at the campfire about the boy's family?

2. Why does the Corporal tell Jonathan to retrieve his gun after the battle with the Hessians at the house?

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

4. How do the Hessians react to the discovery of the boy's dead parents?

5. What does the boy do when he and Jonathan discover his dead parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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 carry the boy and leave the gun in the house?

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

8. What does the Corporal's reaction to Jonathan and the boy's appearance at the campfire reveal about his character?

9. 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?

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

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