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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 does Jonathan decide to do while the Hessians are asleep in the house?
2. How many American soldiers does Jonathan learn were killed or wounded in the battle?
3. What does the Corporal have Jonathan do for the men as they approach the house?
4. What are the Corporal's orders to Jonathan as they approach the house?
5. Who helps Jonathan bury the boy's parents?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In what way does untying himself from the sleeping Hessian represent a change in Jonathan?
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 is the significance of Jonathan smashing the borrowed gun to pieces in a fit of rage?
6. Why does Jonathan feel a sense of comaraderie with his enemy captor, just because he winks at him?
7. 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?
8. Why does Jonathan have confusing reactions to the men's assessment at the campfire of the result of the battle?
9. Why does Jonathan think he sees himself from the day before when he returns home?
10. Why is the task of milking the cow so comforting to Jonathan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe Jonathan's initial bonding with the young Hessian. How does this experience represent an initial turning point in Jonathan's view of the Hessians, and of war in general? What does Jonathan begin to understand about the enemy?
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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