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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 is surprising about the Corporal's voice when he awakens Jonathan?
2. What does the soldier do after the boy's parents are buried?
3. What is in the box that the boy points out to Jonathan in the house?
4. Where does Jonathan find the child?
5. What helps Jonathan when he has trouble digging up the soil to bury the boy's parents?
Short Essay Questions
1. By using a language that the Hessians do not understand, does the Corporal really give them a chance to save their lives when he tells them to surrender?
2. Why does Jonathan risk his life and the boy's by bringing the boy to the Hessians?
3. What does the Corporal's reaction to Jonathan and the boy's appearance at the campfire reveal about his character?
4. Why is the Corporal being kind to Jonathan after he wakes him up?
5. What event causes Jonathan to reassess whether the Hessians are his friends or his enemies as he milks the cow?
6. According to the Corporal, how do the boy's dead parents fit into the story as a whole?
7. What is the significance of Jonathan choosing to find the Corporal instead of killing the sleeping Hessians?
8. How do the Hessians treat Jonathan when he is trying to save their lives?
9. Why does Jonathan feel a sense of comaraderie with his enemy captor, just because he winks at him?
10. Why does the young Hessian recite a prayer over the grave of two Americans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are Jonathan's primary motives for wanting to go to war, and how do these define his character? Compare his motives to those of others such as the Corporal. What does Jonathan hope to accomplish?
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
Discuss the theme of idealism versus reality in the novel. At what points does Jonathan wrestle to resolve his conflicts between the two? How do these experiences ultimately shape his conclusions?
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