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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does General William Howe become part of a strong demonstration intended to force the Colonists back to their proper allegiance?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Trenton.

2. In what month of 1776 do the Americans lose the Battle of Long Island?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) Early September.

3. Through where do the British and Hessian troops continue to chase the rebels in pursuit of their goal?
(a) Southern New York.
(b) Southern New Jersey.
(c) Western Connecticut.
(d) Eastern Pennsylvania.

4. An illness tears through the troops that fight against the Americans during the summer of what year in the latter half of the 1770s?
(a) 1777.
(b) 1778.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1776.

5. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows which battles?
(a) Merely sea battles.
(b) Every battle.
(c) No battles.
(d) The biggest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where in New York Harbor do the British and Hessian armies arrive?

3. The author believes that, as the Americans mature as a cohesive unit, they will eventually see the benefits of what?

4. While officers of the Hessian army all have specific beliefs, by what are these men defined?

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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