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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jonathan's father's attitude toward Jonathan going to war?
(a) He cautiously allows it.
(b) He is ambivalent about it.
(c) He forbids it.
(d) He wholly supports it.

2. What happens to the Corporal when, after organizing the men to face the enemy, he first tries to get back on his horse?
(a) He sat silently on the horse.
(b) He rode away.
(c) The men pushed him off.
(d) He fell to the ground.

3. What question asked by the woman in Rocktown surprises Jonathan?
(a) What side they're fighting on.
(b) Where they came from.
(c) Whether they're hungry.
(d) Where they're headed.

4. What does the old Hessian take out while they rest?
(a) A flask.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A pipe.

5. What does Jonathan think as he and the Hessians begin walking on the road?
(a) That they plan to kill him.
(b) That they have a specific destination in mind.
(c) That the plan to use him for ransom.
(d) That they have no destination in mind.

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

7. What promise does Jonathan make to the tavern keeper?
(a) That he'll get permission from his parents to fight.
(b) That he'll return the gun.
(c) That he'll return safely from battle.
(d) That he'll pay him for the gun.

8. What does Jonathan think he saw for an instant through the fog as he walks on the road with the Hessians?
(a) His father.
(b) A wounded soldier.
(c) The Corporal.
(d) A child.

9. What is the Hessians' reputation?
(a) They take hostages.
(b) They kill for land.
(c) They kill for money.
(d) They kill for sport.

10. What does Jonathan see as he prepares to run away when he is alone after the battle?
(a) Three Hessian soldiers standing nearby.
(b) Three Hessian soldiers coming toward him.
(c) A Hessian soldier coming toward him.
(d) A Hessian soldier standing nearby.

11. Where does Jonathan go to find out information about the ringing of the bell?
(a) The town meeting hall.
(b) The church.
(c) The school.
(d) The tavern.

12. Who is the stranger who gathers the soldiers?
(a) A civilian.
(b) A sergeant.
(c) A corporal.
(d) A general.

13. What order does the Corporal give as the enemy approaches that Jonathan is afraid he won't be able to follow?
(a) Aiming low.
(b) Firing two rounds a minute.
(c) Shooting to kill.
(d) Being among the first to fire.

14. What is the tavern made of?
(a) Marble.
(b) Wood.
(c) Brick.
(d) Stone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Tories in the story?

2. What idea of the Corporal's for facing the enemy is met with resistance?

3. What does the Corporal do when the men ask about the soldiers from Snydertown?

4. What does the Corporal tell the men to do if it rains as they prepare to fight?

5. What does Jonathan want to be at the beginning of the story?

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