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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 142 through 152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men respond when the Corporal tries to organize them to face the enemy?
(a) They immediately step into place.
(b) They argue with him.
(c) They run away.
(d) With chaotic pushing and shoving.

2. What does the soldier do after the boy's parents are buried?
(a) Recite a long prayer.
(b) Spit on the ground.
(c) Walk away.
(d) Recite a brief prayer.

3. What does Jonathan decide to do while the Hessians are asleep in the house?
(a) Steal from them.
(b) Return home.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Find the Corporal.

4. What is the small boy's appearance when Jonathan finds him?
(a) He is dirty.
(b) He is naked.
(c) He is malnourished.
(d) He is wounded.

5. What do the men at the campfire give Jonathan to eat?
(a) Mush.
(b) Beans.
(c) Soup.
(d) Johnnycake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jonathan feeling when the group of soldiers reaches the crest south of Rocktown?

2. What does Jonathan do when he realizes that the rest of the American soldiers soldiers have left him to fight the Hessians alone?

3. What happens when Jonathan starts to whistle on the way to the battle?

4. Who holds Pennington and Trenton at the beginning of the story?

5. What strikes Jonathan about the first Hessian he sees when he is alone after the battle?

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