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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 in the box that the boy points out to Jonathan in the house?
(a) A gun.
(b) Money.
(c) A sack and a blanket.
(d) A toy.

2. What request does Jonathan make of the Corporal when he wakes up?
(a) To be taught fighting techniques.
(b) To take the boy to find his brother.
(c) To continue fighting.
(d) To go home.

3. What happens to the Hessians on the porch?
(a) They are wounded and taken prisoner.
(b) They shoot their way past the Americans.
(c) They are killed by the Americans.
(d) They are unscathed and taken prisoner.

4. What type of house do Jonathan and the Hessians discover?
(a) A small brick house.
(b) A broken down shack.
(c) A large log house.
(d) A small log house.

5. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in the house at night time?
(a) Ties Jonathan's ankle to a chair.
(b) Ties Jonathan's ankle to his own.
(c) Ties Jonathan's wrists.
(d) Ties Jonathan's wrist to his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Corporal want the soldiers to arrive at the house where the Hessians are?

2. Where is the Corporal's clothing torn when he awakens Jonathan?

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

4. Why do the Hessians send Jonathan out of the house?

5. What does Jonathan feel guilty about at the campfire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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