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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Hessian soldiers do the British hire?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Several hundred.
(c) Several thousand.
(d) Tens of thousands.

2. What does the British militia instruct beyond a general attitude?
(a) Specific skills.
(b) How to swim.
(c) Use of the telegraph.
(d) How to hunt and cook.

3. What does Congress grant George Washington in order to build his new army?
(a) Full power using any means he sees fit.
(b) Full power within stipulated financial limitations.
(c) Reasonable power with limited restrictions.
(d) Highly limited power within strict guidelines.

4. At the time of the American Revolution, which force is equal to the British army?
(a) They have no equal.
(b) French army.
(c) Hessian army.
(d) Spanish army.

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

6. The British military is very organized and feels training makes a significant contribution to what?
(a) Preservation of order.
(b) Scholastic apptitude.
(c) Morse Code.
(d) Flag signaling.

7. In addition to size, intelligence, and energy, what additional criterion is considered when selecting the British light infantry?
(a) Marksmanship.
(b) Hand-to-hand fighting skills.
(c) Marital status.
(d) Expertise with knives and sabers.

8. 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.

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

10. Who does not allow the Hessians the rest they request?
(a) Lieutenant Andreas von Wiederholdt.
(b) General William Howe.
(c) Friedrich Wilhelm II.
(d) Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall.

11. The summer illness that plagues those fighting the Americans in the latter half of the 1770s strikes which troops?
(a) All opposed to the Americans.
(b) Canadian.
(c) Hessian only.
(d) British only.

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

13. The Hessian system of discipline differs from that of the British in that the Hessians make greater use of what?
(a) Uniform Code of Military Justice.
(b) Requiring extra drill practice.
(c) Corporal punishment.
(d) Royal legal system.

14. The author believes that, as the Americans mature as a cohesive unit, they will eventually see the benefits of what?
(a) Intelligence and marching skills.
(b) Spiritual faith and discipline.
(c) Order and discipline.
(d) Order and religiou faith.

15. "Washington's Crossing" is a story about which war?
(a) French and Indian.
(b) Spanish-American.
(c) American Revolutionary.
(d) Mexican.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Washington's Crossing" concerns what river?

2. The Americans move to what state following their defeat in New York?

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

4. What is a big issue facing the American rebels?

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

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