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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Hessians in the story?
(a) The Americans' captives.
(b) The Americans' allies.
(c) The French-speaking allies of the British.
(d) The German-speaking allies of the British.

2. What does the youngest Hessian look like?
(a) He is tan.
(b) He has bright, rosy cheeks.
(c) He is pale and sallow.
(d) He is dark-skinned.

3. What is Jonathan hoping as he heads toward the sound of the bell?
(a) That he will fight in a big battle.
(b) That his parents will forgive him for fighting.
(c) That the battle will be small.
(d) That he will not have to fight.

4. What does Jonathan realize as the enemy officers get closer?
(a) That the Tories are just as bad as the Hessians.
(b) That the enemy soldiers are just like the Americans.
(c) That he has never seen an enemy soldier before.
(d) That he's incapable of killing.

5. What does Jonathan notice about the weather on the way to the battle?
(a) It's getting colder.
(b) It's starting to rain.
(c) There isn't a cloud in the sky.
(d) A storm is brewing.

6. What does Jonathan hear on the morning of April 3rd?
(a) A bell.
(b) A gun shot.
(c) A shout.
(d) His father calling for him.

7. What do the American soldiers do as the Hessian soldiers come closer?
(a) Fire before the Corporal gives the signal.
(b) Wait to fire until the Corporal gives the signal.
(c) Begin to shout.
(d) Scatter and run.

8. What happened to Jonathan's father in the war?
(a) He was wounded in the arm.
(b) He was wounded in the shoulder.
(c) He was wounded in the leg.
(d) He was wounded in the foot.

9. Who holds Alexandria, Fleming and Well's Ferry at the beginning of the story?
(a) The Tories.
(b) The British.
(c) The Hessians.
(d) The Americans.

10. What happens when Jonathan starts to whistle on the way to the battle?
(a) A man gives him an angry look.
(b) Other men join him.
(c) The enemy hears him.
(d) The Corporal tells him to keep quiet.

11. What does the Corporal do when the men ask about the soldiers from Snydertown?
(a) He ignores the questions.
(b) He confesses that he lied about them.
(c) He says they'd be no help.
(d) He says they're on their way.

12. What has happened to Jonathan's shoes as a result of the battle?
(a) One has fallen apart.
(b) One is missing.
(c) There is blood on one.
(d) They are both smeared with blood.

13. Why does Jonathan jump up and yell "Don't shoot!" to the Hessians.
(a) He wants to surrender as their prisoner.
(b) He heard them plotting to kill him.
(c) He wants to join their side.
(d) He doesn't understand their language.

14. What stories has Jonathan heard about what Hessians do to prisoners?
(a) Torture and beheading.
(b) Death by firing squad.
(c) Death by starvation.
(d) Hanging, jailing and enslavement.

15. What does Jonathan do when the young Hessian stops to look at something on the road?
(a) He tries to communicate with the Hessians.
(b) He almost loses his footing.
(c) He slips and falls in the mud.
(d) He escapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is the foreign man who is among the soldiers with Jonathan?

2. Why does the Corporal get angry when a soldier in Rocktown fires a shot into the air?

3. What does Jonathan think he saw for an instant through the fog as he walks on the road with the Hessians?

4. What does the tavern keeper encourage Jonathan to do?

5. What does Jonathan wonder when he and the Hessians pass the dark stain on the road?

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