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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. General Washington believes that only 20% of British forces are on Long Island and are ready for battle. In reality, what is this percentage?
(a) 90%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 50%.

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

3. Where in New York Harbor do the British and Hessian armies arrive?
(a) Manhatten.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Long Island.

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

5. In a way, General William Howe might be acknowledging what subsequent outcome of sthe Battle at Bunker Hill?
(a) Winning the battle means they will win the war.
(b) They will not lose with the support of the Hessians.
(c) The British are already defeated.
(d) The British will never concede.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although the Colonists do not win this episode, after what incident does General William Howe come to believe the British will lose the war?

3. What are the first British battalions to land?

4. Why do the British eventually hire the Hessian troops?

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

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