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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The March.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through where do the British and Hessian troops continue to chase the rebels in pursuit of their goal?
(a) Western Connecticut.
(b) Southern New York.
(c) Southern New Jersey.
(d) Eastern Pennsylvania.

2. What happens in December, 1776, that changes the course of the war?
(a) Weather changes for the better.
(b) The Hessians quit.
(c) The British run out of munitions.
(d) Weather changes for the worse.

3. Military training is important to the British as they feel it enforces what?
(a) Troop obedience.
(b) Adoption of skills.
(c) Understanding of bugle calls.
(d) Use of equipment.

4. What habits does General William Howe adopt after he recognizes the rebels' level of resistance?
(a) Fighting harder, resisting longer, and refusing to yield.
(b) Demonstrating courage, conviction, and traits of a gentleman.
(c) Carousing and gambling, indicating he cares little going forward.
(d) Praying, reading his Bible, and baptizing fellow soldiers.

5. What other group of individuals plays both sides well during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Tavern and inn owners.
(d) Physicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes Richard Stockton, as well as members of other notable New Jersey families, as having done what?

2. What are the first British battalions to land?

3. In a way, General William Howe might be acknowledging what subsequent outcome of sthe Battle at Bunker Hill?

4. As George Washington makes plans for a surprise attack on Trenton, where do Richard and William Howe disperse the British forces?

5. American artillery stands a chance of doing what to a formation of highly trained British and German Regulars?

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