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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of New York.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does British military training compare with that of the American Revolutionaries?
(a) Identical.
(b) Virtually the same.
(c) Significantly different.
(d) Fairly similar.

2. Where in New York Harbor do the British and Hessian armies arrive?
(a) Manhatten.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Long Island.

3. General William Howe feels he knows something else. What is it?
(a) The rebels will never see eye to eye with the King's troops.
(b) The rebels will be willing to negotiate with the King's troops.
(c) Under sufficient pressure, the rebels will concede to the King's troops.
(d) The rebels will join the King's troops in opposition to the Hessians.

4. An illness tears through the troops that fight against the Americans during the summer of what year in the latter half of the 1770s?
(a) 1778.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1776.

5. If a Hessian soldier misbehaves, who else suffers the same consequences?
(a) Fellow troops in his squad.
(b) Fellow troops in his regiment.
(c) Fellow citizens of his home village or town.
(d) Fellow members in his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to size, intelligence, and energy, what additional criterion is considered when selecting the British light infantry?

2. After the British depart, Washington marches through what town with his troops and is hailed as a hero?

3. What habits does General William Howe adopt after he recognizes the rebels' level of resistance?

4. Military training is important to the British as they feel it enforces what?

5. The author believes that, as the Americans mature as a cohesive unit, they will eventually see the benefits of what?

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