View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Plan of the Campaign.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After what battle has General William Howe essentially given up?
(a) Bunker Hill.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Yorktown.

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

4. Why do the British opt not to hire the Hessian army to serve in the Colonies long before the American Revolution?
(a) They are too costly.
(b) They are not sufficiently skilled.
(c) They are not trustworthy.
(d) They do not speak their language.

5. Until the point in "Washington's Crossing" where the Americans cross the river and make a surprise attack, they suffer what types of defeat?
(a) Many crushing.
(b) Only one light.
(c) Some moderate.
(d) Few serious.

Short Answer Questions

1. General William Howe feels he knows something else. What is it?

2. The Hessian army is comprised of what type of soldiers?

3. At one point, what is it that haunts General William Howe about the Battle at Bunker Hill, which is eventually won by the British?

4. In the first chapter, "The Rebels," the author foreshadows upcoming events by initially using what term?

5. The officers of the Hessian army all believe in hierarchy, order, and what else?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 341 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample