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

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

3. What does Jonathan suspect about the death of the boy's parents?
(a) That the boy accidentally killed them.
(b) That the Americans killed them.
(c) That the Hessians he's with killed them.
(d) That they committed suicide.

4. What is Jonathan's notion about the inhabitants of the house he and the Hessians find?
(a) They were killed in it.
(b) They could return at any moment.
(c) They quickly abandoned it.
(d) They are hiding in it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in the house at night time?

2. Where does Jonathan find the child?

3. How long is it after Jonathan leaves the house at night that he sees a light?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it important to Jonathan to know whether the Hessians killed the boy's parents?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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