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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How frequently does the leader of the Hessian army conduct drills?
(a) Alternating days.
(b) Daily.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Sporadically.

3. In order to put the Americans down and keep them down, General William Howe feels the British will have to be what?
(a) Very aggressive.
(b) Very regressive.
(c) Very positive.
(d) Very resistant.

4. When does the American Revolutionary War take place?
(a) 1754-1763.
(b) 1775-1883.
(c) 1898-1902.
(d) 1846-1848.

5. While he hates war passionately, Paine believes it is the lesser of two evils, the worse being what?
(a) Having to live under Hessian tyranny.
(b) Having to live under British tyranny.
(c) Having to live under French tyranny.
(d) Having to live under socialism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who expands the Hessian army?

3. Believing the American rebellion is over, citizens of which city flee fearing the opposing forces are nearing?

4. Following their confrontation in November, 1776, near the New Jersey shoreline on the Hudson River, where does General Cornwallis instruct his troops to follow the Americans?

5. What habits does General William Howe adopt after he recognizes the rebels' level of resistance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might the officers of the Hessian army be described?

2. What does General Cornwallis instruct his troops to do in New Jersey?

3. How do the Hessians and British military forces differ in their approach to discipline?

4. How does George Washington fare in Manhattan in 1776?

5. Why is it in this chapter, "The Crisis," that the author mentions that some people refer to George Washington as a dictator?

6. What is an interesting fact the author notes regarding the American attitude during their retreat through New Jersey?

7. How does General William Howe act following the Battle of Bunker Hill?

8. What events at the end of 1776 are foreshadowed early within the chapter entitled "The Retreat?"

9. How does the Hessian army become involved in the American Revolution?

10. How does misinformation cost George Washington the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776?

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