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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Good Ground.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After crossing the Delaware River and arriving late, George Washington is beside himself when he realizes his forces will have to attack Trenton under what condition?
(a) In the daylight.
(b) In the nor'wester.
(c) In the nor'easter.
(d) After the enemy is awake and is up and about.

2. Where does the Americans' intelligence methodology work better than it had in New York?
(a) Hudson River Valley.
(b) Boston.
(c) Harpers Ferry.
(d) Harlem.

3. When do the American troops prepare to cross the Delaware River and invade Trenton?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) St. Nicholas Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

4. What is one important way the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?
(a) Their unwillingness to give their lives to the effort.
(b) Their maintaining their lodging in disarray and constantly soiled.
(c) Their lack of dedication to the cause in difficult times.
(d) Their virtual inability to utilize firearms.

5. The original plans are to cross the Delaware River under what circumstances?
(a) Under cover of darkness and attack a little before dawn.
(b) Under cover of darkness and attack at dawn.
(c) At dawn and attack with adequate daylight.
(d) Under cover of darkness and attack a little after dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Americans' surprise victory over the Hessians causes British commanders to also lose control of what?

2. The confrontation the author describes in "Good Ground" between the Rebels and the combined British and Hessian troops is to be what?

3. Following their victory in the surprise attack against the Hessians, the Americans share a spirit that the author describes as what?

4. The summer illness that plagues those fighting the Americans in the latter half of the 1770s strikes which troops?

5. How extensively do the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?

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