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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of house do Jonathan and the Hessians discover?
2. How does the young Hessian appear to Jonathan in the light of the burning stick at night?
3. What does the man who greets Jonathan at the campfire want to know?
4. What is the attitude of the soldiers at the campfire toward Jonathan?
5. What do the Hessians force Jonathan to do when they first find the house?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why is the task of milking the cow so comforting to Jonathan?
3. 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?
4. Why does the young Hessian recite a prayer over the grave of two Americans?
5. Why does the young Hessian insist on digging the grave on his own?
6. Why is the Corporal being kind to Jonathan after he wakes him up?
7. What is the significance of Jonathan choosing to find the Corporal instead of killing the sleeping Hessians?
8. Why does Jonathan think he sees himself from the day before when he returns home?
9. How do the Hessians treat Jonathan when he is trying to save their lives?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is more treasonous--the Tory spies killed by the Corporal or the young American (Jonathan) who tries to protect the Hessian enemy? What does this tell us about the author's definition of treason?
Essay Topic 2
Do the men's initial reactions to fighting Hessians rather than Redcoats foreshadow Jonathan's later experiences with Hessians, or do his experiences as their prisoner reveal another side of them in Jonathan's perception? What do the Hessians represent to the men, and what do they later come to represent for Jonathan?
Essay Topic 3
When the Frenchman explains to Jonathan that soldiers either kill or get killed, what is it about Jonathan's experience that leads him to believe that it may not be this black-and-white? How has Jonathan's notion of what it means to be a soldier changed?
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