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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Councils.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to size, intelligence, and energy, what additional criterion is considered when selecting the British light infantry?
(a) Marksmanship.
(b) Expertise with knives and sabers.
(c) Marital status.
(d) Hand-to-hand fighting skills.

2. The American objective following their victory over the Hessians at Trenton, regardless of ease of defense, is to entice the enemy into an assault where?
(a) In an American city.
(b) Off the American coast.
(c) In the open American countryside.
(d) On the Americans' turf.

3. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows what events?
(a) The death of Benjamin Franklin prior to the end of the war..
(b) The death of Washington prior to the end of the war.
(c) The struggles in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the Carolinas.
(d) The hardest struggles yet to come in the Revolution.

4. Why do the British eventually hire the Hessian troops?
(a) The monarch of Hesse is in deep need of funds.
(b) A virtual mercenary, the monarch of Hesse, hires on at a bargain rate.
(c) The British fear fighting will soon break out.
(d) Fighting breaks out in the Colonies.

5. According to the author in the chapter entitled "The Surprise," if the Americans lose this historical battle, it will signal the end of George Washington's career, if not what?
(a) The loss of significant amounts of American supplies.
(b) The flight of the rebel army.
(c) The end of the rebel assault for months to come.
(d) The end of the American cause altogether.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the British militia instruct beyond a general attitude?

2. How does the author describe the storm that breaks out on the day of the battle on which this book centers?

3. George Washington knows that the British are salivating over the prospect of invading and conquering what city as they wait for a river to freeze to allow them passage?

4. What are the first British battalions to land?

5. George Washington holds firmly to his resolve, which the author points out is one of the reasons the general's men regard him how?

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