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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 77 through 89.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the interior of the house Jonathan and the Hessians find look like?
(a) Two stories with a decaying staircase.
(b) One room with a tile floor.
(c) One floor with several rooms.
(d) One room with a dirt floor.

2. What is Jonathan's notion about the inhabitants of the house he and the Hessians find?
(a) They are hiding in it.
(b) They could return at any moment.
(c) They were killed in it.
(d) They quickly abandoned it.

3. Why does the woman in Rocktown run away?
(a) She hears her baby crying.
(b) She left food cooking on the stove.
(c) She learns there is to be a battle there.
(d) She hears her husband calling her.

4. Why don't the soldiers trust the Corporal on the way to the battle?
(a) He keeps stopping to nap.
(b) He keeps changing the number of men they'll be fighting.
(c) He's leading them in the wrong direction.
(d) He is drunk.

5. What signals the soldier that the enemy is on their way?
(a) Trumpets.
(b) A bell tolling.
(c) A fife and drum.
(d) A battle call.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Jonathan's thoughts about the battle as he and the Hessians rest?

2. What does Jonathan have trouble doing as the enemy approaches in Rocktown?

3. What do the American soldiers do as the Hessian soldiers come closer?

4. How many houses are there in Rocktown?

5. Who are the Hessians?

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