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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. What do the people view Washington as being?
(a) Strictly a politician.
(b) A poor military leader.
(c) Best suited to plantation management.
(d) A true leader.

2. Initially, General Washington and his remaining troops flee Long Island to what location?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Queens.

3. Military training is important to the British as they feel it enforces what?
(a) Adoption of skills.
(b) Troop obedience.
(c) Use of equipment.
(d) Understanding of bugle calls.

4. The author's mentioning of Congress' taking steps toward a system of separate legislative and executive powers foreshadows what?
(a) The foundation of checks and balances for the current government.
(b) The foundation of a republican form of American government.
(c) The foundation of a democratic form of American government.
(d) The foreshadowing of voting rights regardless of sex or race.

5. Believing the American rebellion is over, citizens of which city flee fearing the opposing forces are nearing?
(a) Hoboken.
(b) Lancaster.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Newark.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. When does Thomas Paine decide to publish another pamphlet similar to Common Sense?

5. What is one important way the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?

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

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

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

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

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

7. From what source do the Hessians draw their troops?

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

9. Why is George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River considered the turning point in the American Revolutionary War?

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

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