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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. What does the man who greets Jonathan at the campfire want to know?
3. Why does the Corporal tell Jonathan to retrieve his gun after the battle with the Hessians at the house?
4. What does the Corporal ask Jonathan immediately following the battle with the Hessians at the house?
5. What does Jonathan decide to do while the Hessians are asleep in the house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the young Hessian recite a prayer over the grave of two Americans?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. Why is the task of milking the cow so comforting to Jonathan?
5. What does the Corporal's reaction to Jonathan and the boy's appearance at the campfire reveal about his character?
6. Why does the young Hessian insist on digging the grave on his own?
7. How do the Hessians treat Jonathan when he is trying to save their lives?
8. What is the significance of Jonathan choosing to find the Corporal instead of killing the sleeping Hessians?
9. In what way does untying himself from the sleeping Hessian represent a change in Jonathan?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Jonathan's father neglect to share his own experiences with and concerns about war with Jonathan, both before and after Jonathan goes to fight? In what ways might his father's silence be a contributing factor in Jonathan's strong desire to go to war? How might Jonathan's outlook and actions be different if his father had been more open with him?
Essay Topic 2
What is the author's view of war? How does he use the murder of the child's parents to advance this view? What does the Corporal symbolize in regard to the author's view of war?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of the language barrier between Jonathan and the orphaned child? What other communication difficulties does this mirror? How would the plot have advanced differently if the boy had been able to tell Jonathan his story?
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