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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 death of Benjamin Franklin prior to the end of the war..
(d) The hardest struggles yet to come in the Revolution.

3. What is the overall goal of the British in America?
(a) Restore Colonial peace and order rather than continue a war.
(b) Flee the Colonies at the earliest possibility.
(c) Ensure a victory in the Colonies at any cost.
(d) Achieve Colonial order upon a British war victory.

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

5. What is one important way the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?
(a) Their maintaining their lodging in disarray and constantly soiled.
(b) Their virtual inability to utilize firearms.
(c) Their lack of dedication to the cause in difficult times.
(d) Their unwillingness to give their lives to the effort.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what month of 1776 do the Americans lose the Battle of Long Island?

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

4. "Washington's Crossing" is a story about which war?

5. What factor plays a significant role in British military training?

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