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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After their victory in New York, the British make plans to settle down for the winter. However, what distance factor works against them in a big way?
(a) Movement of their troops and equipment has been costly.
(b) Fresh troops and supplies take a long time to reach America.
(c) Ability to maintain effective communication and accurate intelligence.
(d) Movement of their troops and equipment has been slow given the size.

3. 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) 1775.
(b) 1778.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1776.

4. What do the British learn after mastering the skill of marching?
(a) Physical exercise.
(b) Use of weapons.
(c) Reconnaissance.
(d) Hand-to-hand combat.

5. Congress grants George Washington the power to rebuild his army in the fashion they do because they know what?
(a) They have to include restrictions given their limited finances.
(b) They have little alternative.
(c) He will not abuse this new power.
(d) He can not abuse the new powers given the restrictions.

6. How does General Washington respond to families, such as the Van Hornes, who pledge allegiance to the king?
(a) He deports them to a neutral island in the Caribbean Sea.
(b) He does nothing other than look down on it.
(c) He compels them to relinquish their property and financial assets.
(d) He orders them to trial on charges of treason.

7. What factor plays a significant role in British military training?
(a) Allowance of wine at meals.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Purchasing rank levels.
(d) A significant number with criminal pasts.

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

9. The Americans move to what state following their defeat in New York?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Jersey.

10. When the Americans initially flee Long Island, what initially prevents their enemy from catching up?
(a) Low food supplies.
(b) Lack of boats with shallow water access.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) Low munitions supplies.

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

12. Rather than a retreat from New York, how does General Washington view the maneuver?
(a) As a "switch in fronts."
(b) As a "slide to the side."
(c) As "resorting gear at the rear."
(d) As a "swing to the wing."

13. What is the result of the strong demonstration in which General William Howe participates that is intended to force the Colonists back to their proper allegiance?
(a) The Ride of Paul Revere.
(b) The Boston Tea Party.
(c) The Battle of Bunker Hill.
(d) The Battle of Yorktown.

14. The Hessian army is comprised of what type of soldiers?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Swiss.
(d) Russian.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What other group of individuals plays both sides well during the American Revolutionary War?

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

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

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