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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. From where do most of the high-ranking Hessian officers come?
(a) Hesse, a province in western Russia.
(b) The middle-class.
(c) Sandhurst Royal Military Academy.
(d) The aristocracy.

3. The officers of the Hessian army all believe in hierarchy, order, and what else?
(a) Low, leather boots without tassels.
(b) Roman Catholicism.
(c) Discipline.
(d) The Protestant ethic.

4. What type of concept is the British light infantry?
(a) New.
(b) Since early 1500s.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Practiced only by British marines.

5. What are the first British battalions to land?
(a) Grenadiers, then light infantry.
(b) Light infantry, then heavy artillery.
(c) Cavalry, then light infantry.
(d) Light infantry, then grenadiers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the British opt not to hire the Hessian army to serve in the Colonies long before the American Revolution?

3. How certain is General William Howe about how successful the British army will be in opposition to the American rebels?

4. Who is the best choice for Commander-in-Chief given his experience of command yet is young enough to take the field?

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

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