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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 do the American soldiers do once Jonathan has shut himself inside the house?
2. How many people does Jonathan see around the campfire?
3. What question does the Corporal ask Jonathan when he awakens him?
4. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in the house at night time?
5. How does Jonathan begin to find his way once he has left the house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the task of milking the cow so comforting to Jonathan?
2. Why does Jonathan feel a sense of comaraderie with his enemy captor, just because he winks at him?
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. 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?
5. Why does Jonathan have confusing reactions to the men's assessment at the campfire of the result of the battle?
6. 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?
7. Why does the young Hessian recite a prayer over the grave of two Americans?
8. Why does Jonathan risk his life and the boy's by bringing the boy to the Hessians?
9. What is the significance of Jonathan choosing to carry the boy and leave the gun in the house?
10. According to the Corporal, how do the boy's dead parents fit into the story as a whole?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Name at least two points in the story when Jonathan finds it difficult to see because some type of fog (natural or manufactured) is clouding the air. What does this fog symbolize in terms of the realities of war and Jonathan's discoveries about it?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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