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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. General William Howe feels he knows something else. What is it?
(a) The rebels will never see eye to eye with the King's troops.
(b) The rebels will be willing to negotiate with the King's troops.
(c) Under sufficient pressure, the rebels will concede to the King's troops.
(d) The rebels will join the King's troops in opposition to the Hessians.

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

3. After General Washington leaves New York, where do the British follow the Americans over the Hudson River ?
(a) Palomar.
(b) Passaic.
(c) Palisades.
(d) Plymouth Rock.

4. After the British depart, Washington marches through what town with his troops and is hailed as a hero?
(a) Hartford.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Richmond.

5. Washington is not everyone's first choice as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Why is he selected?
(a) Southern delegates insist on a North Carolinian.
(b) Southern delegates insist on a Georgian.
(c) Southern delegates insist on a Virginian.
(d) Northern delegates insist on a Pennsylvanian.

Short Answer Questions

1. George Washington knows that the British are salivating over the prospect of invading and conquering what city as they wait for a river to freeze to allow them passage?

2. The summer illness that plagues those fighting the Americans in the latter half of the 1770s strikes which troops?

3. What do the people view Washington as being?

4. The British pacification policy runs into problems arising from a lack of supply, and troops commonly doing what?

5. How does the American military system prove its superiority?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is General William Howe's view regarding the British chances of defeating the American rebels following the Battle of Bunker Hill?

3. "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer is the story about what?

4. Why is the war victory celebrated by Bostonians premature when the British leave town and George Washington and his men march through as heroes?

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

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

7. How does the British pacification policy run into problems arising from problems of supply?

8. Describe the relatively new concept of a light infantry which is brought to New York by the British.

9. Why was George Washington selected as commander-in-chief of the American army?

10. As their enemy comes to suffer heavy losses as the war progresses, why is it the American system proves superior?

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