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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 learn at the campfire about the boy's family?
(a) That he had a younger brother who was killed.
(b) That he had a younger brother who was taken prisoner.
(c) That he had an older brother who escaped.
(d) That he had an older brother who went to war.

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

3. What is surprising about the Corporal's voice when he awakens Jonathan?
(a) It sounds mean.
(b) It sounds suspicious.
(c) It sounds kind.
(d) It sounds proud.

4. What does Jonathan do before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?
(a) He takes their food.
(b) He ties them up.
(c) He takes the boy.
(d) He steals a gun.

5. What does the Corporal reveal about the boy's dead parents?
(a) They were Tories.
(b) They were not really his parents.
(c) They were Hessians.
(d) They were innocent civilians.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Jonathan do with the gun he retrieves from the house?

4. What does Jonathan decide to do with his own gun before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?

5. What does the Corporal at the campfire know that surprises Jonathan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Hessians treat Jonathan when he is trying to save their lives?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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