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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 extensively do the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?
(a) In few ways.
(b) In a moderate number of ways.
(c) In virtually all ways.
(d) In many ways.

2. What is the result of the strong demonstration in which General William Howe participates that is intended to force the Colonists back to their proper allegiance?
(a) The Battle of Bunker Hill.
(b) The Ride of Paul Revere.
(c) The Boston Tea Party.
(d) The Battle of Yorktown.

3. In what month of 1776 do the Americans lose the Battle of Long Island?
(a) Early September.
(b) June.
(c) July.
(d) August.

4. How many Hessian soldiers do the British hire?
(a) Several hundred.
(b) Tens of thousands.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Several thousand.

5. "Washington's Crossing" concerns what river?
(a) Hudson.
(b) Potomac.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Connecticut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the British learn after mastering the skill of marching?

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

3. Who expands the Hessian army?

4. Washington is not everyone's first choice as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Why is he selected?

5. At what rate does the Hessian army expand?

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