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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 Hessians doing when Jonathan brings the boy to the house after finding his dead parents?
(a) Preparing for battle.
(b) Talking.
(c) Relaxing.
(d) Eating.

2. What do the men at the campfire want to do when they hear Jonathan's story?
(a) Take Jonathan home.
(b) Kill the Hessians at the house.
(c) Find the boy's relatives.
(d) Take the Hessians prisoner.

3. How long is it after Jonathan leaves the house at night that he sees a light?
(a) Three hours.
(b) One-half hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) One hour.

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

5. Where does Jonathan find the child?
(a) Under the porch.
(b) In the cellar.
(c) In the shed.
(d) In the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Corporal reveal about the boy's parents' deaths?

2. What is the Hessians' initial response when Jonathan asks for help burying the boy's parents?

3. What does Jonathan consider doing when all the Hessians are asleep in the house?

4. What does Jonathan do before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?

5. Where does Jonathan end up after the struggle with the Hessians on the porch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In what way does Jonathan begin to see the Corporal differently when the man wakes him up at the campfire?

5. What connection does Jonathan make between the death of his father's friend in battle and the death of the boy's parents at the hands of the Corporal?

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

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

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

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

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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