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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The night after the battle at the bridge where rebels win their second victory, Charles Cornwallis' men keep tabs on the Americans, the objective being to watch the enemy and do what?
(a) Keep rebel patrols from finding the positions of British units.
(b) Keep rebel patrols at bay.
(c) Keep rebel patrols from finding the positions of Hessian units.
(d) Keep rebel patrols from finding the positions of British and Hessian units.

2. Charles Cornwallis has a larger army but fewer members in his War Council, which he operates more like a court where he is a ruler rather than a leader, and is referred to by what term?
(a) Your Honor.
(b) My Lord.
(c) Baron.
(d) My Superior.

3. The title of this chapter, "The Bridge," refers to one crossing over which waterway?
(a) Assunpink Creek.
(b) Delaware Creek.
(c) Matawan Creek.
(d) Pebble Creek.

4. The American destination in reference to the title of the book is originally what?
(a) Kept secret.
(b) Tuckahoe.
(c) Known only to the officers.
(d) Princeton.

5. British commanders are highly skilled professionals who bond with one another as old boys, but are sensitive to what?
(a) Wealth and title.
(b) Education and rank.
(c) Rank and privilege.
(d) Wealth and competence.

6. How do Cornwallis' troops come to feel in comparison with their commanders?
(a) They have a new respect for rebels, but retain faith in their own leaders.
(b) They view the American victory as a fluke, and are keeping faith in their own leaders.
(c) They have a new respect for Americans, and are losing faith in their own leaders.
(d) They have no new respect for rebels, but have diminishing faith in their own leaders.

7. How do the Americans rate the effectiveness of their artillery in combat with the British?
(a) Moderately effective.
(b) Highly effective.
(c) Primarily used for loudness and smoke cover.
(d) Limited in effectiveness.

8. Although the Hessians prepare in every other way possible against an attack, what factor plays a crucial role in the events the author details in the chapter he calls "The Surprise?"
(a) The weather.
(b) The time of the attack.
(c) The size of the American army.
(d) The speed of the attack.

9. As the Americans assemble and pursue their march toward Trenton, what course does the stormy weather take?
(a) It remains steady.
(b) It clears as Americans arrive on scene.
(c) It gets worse.
(d) It eases up, but continues.

10. In "Good Ground," the author notes the Americans learn the British leaders are planning to strike at either Trenton or what location?
(a) Cresskill.
(b) Crosswicks.
(c) Cranbury.
(d) Cranford.

11. In "Hard Choices," the author indicates that it is important to note George Washington's style of leadership when his war council convenes, that he presents a promising proposal as what?
(a) His own idea, regardless of its origination, for his own advancement.
(b) Someone else's idea rather than his own.
(c) Someone else's idea because he always ensures credit is given where it is rightfully due.
(d) His own idea in case it goes wrong.

12. In "Hard Choices," the enemy is moving to the east side of what state?
(a) Delaware.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Pennsylvania.

13. What item of intelligence that the Hessians receive proves false in the battle Mr. Fischer details in "The Surprise?"
(a) The Americans have a significant cavalry force.
(b) The Americans have surrounded the city where the Hessians are.
(c) The Americans will be attacking from two fronts.
(d) The American forces are three times their actual size.

14. While the location the Americans select is their own ground, it is not what?
(a) Easily assaulted.
(b) Easily overrun.
(c) Easily located.
(d) Easily defendable.

15. What view proves to be a mistake of historical consequence on the part of the Hessians in the pivotal battle at Trenton?
(a) They can not gather the defense needed to fight off the rebels.
(b) They can not gather the offense needed to fight off the rebels.
(c) They are severely outnumbered.
(d) The rebel units are more extensively trained than the Hessians.

Short Answer Questions

1. The victory of the Americans in their surprise attack on the Hessians that Mr. Fischer relates in "The Surprise" does what to the British view?

2. The battle at "The Bridge," about which this chapter is entitled, proves a victory for whom?

3. In "Hard Choices," who urges George Washington to push the enemy from the state?

4. American artillery stands a chance of doing what to a formation of highly trained British and German Regulars?

5. In "Hard Choices," the author notes one of the biggest problems facing George Washington's army is recruiting new troops as many soldiers are reaching the end of their term and planning to do what?

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