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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 116 through 128.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the British in the story?
(a) The Americans' captives.
(b) The Americans' allies.
(c) The Americans' enemies.
(d) The Americans' slaves.

2. What has happened to Jonathan's clothes as a result of the battle?
(a) His clothes are blood-soaked.
(b) His sleeve is torn.
(c) His clothes are muddy.
(d) His trousers are torn in the knee.

3. What does the Corporal at the campfire know that surprises Jonathan?
(a) The location of the house.
(b) Why Jonathan left his gun behind.
(c) How many Hessians took Jonathan prisoner.
(d) Where the boy's relatives live.

4. What helps Jonathan when he has trouble digging up the soil to bury the boy's parents?
(a) Wetting it down.
(b) Remembering his work on his father's fields.
(c) His determination to do the right thing.
(d) Thinking about the boy.

5. What does the man who greets Jonathan at the campfire want to know?
(a) Where the Hessians took Jonathan.
(b) How Jonathan got away from the Hessians.
(c) Why Jonathan does not have his gun.
(d) Why Jonathan did not kill the Hessians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls on top of Jonathan's gun in the midst of the battle?

2. What is the attitude of the soldiers at the campfire toward Jonathan?

3. Why does the woman in Rocktown run away?

4. What happens when the Corporal invites the men to replace him?

5. What promise does Jonathan make to the tavern keeper?

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