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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men at the campfire want to do when they hear Jonathan's story?
(a) Take the Hessians prisoner.
(b) Find the boy's relatives.
(c) Kill the Hessians at the house.
(d) Take Jonathan home.

2. What does Jonathan do with the gun he retrieves from the house?
(a) He cleans and loads it.
(b) He smashes it to pieces.
(c) He gives it to the Corporal.
(d) He takes it back to its owner.

3. What type of house do Jonathan and the Hessians discover?
(a) A large log house.
(b) A small brick house.
(c) A broken down shack.
(d) A small log house.

4. How does the young Hessian appear to Jonathan in the light of the burning stick at night?
(a) Powerful and evil.
(b) Powerful and strong.
(c) Strong and helpful.
(d) Evil and dangerous.

5. Who takes the small boy to his home?
(a) Jonathan's father's friend.
(b) The Corporal.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) The Frenchman.

6. What does Jonathan feel guilty about at the campfire?
(a) That he ran away after the battle.
(b) That he wasn't wounded at the battle.
(c) That he buried the boy's parents.
(d) That it took him so long to escape from the Hessians.

7. What challenge does Jonathan face when he leaves the house at night?
(a) Seeing in the dark.
(b) Getting past a bear.
(c) Climbing a fence.
(d) Avoiding enemy soldiers.

8. Where is the Corporal's clothing torn when he awakens Jonathan?
(a) In the shoulder.
(b) In the sleeve.
(c) In the knee.
(d) In the collar.

9. How do the Hessians react to the discovery of the boy's dead parents?
(a) They try to pull the boy away from the scene.
(b) They look more closely.
(c) With annoyance and impatience.
(d) With sympathy and compassion.

10. What explanation does the Corporal offer for the boy's refusal to speak?
(a) His tongue was cut out.
(b) He is traumatized.
(c) He doesn't speak English.
(d) He is deaf-mute.

11. What does the Corporal ask Jonathan immediately following the battle with the Hessians at the house?
(a) Whether he wanted to continue fighting.
(b) Whether he tried to save the Hessians.
(c) Whether he wanted to go home.
(d) Whether he tried to kill the Hessians.

12. What does the Corporal have Jonathan do for the men as they approach the house?
(a) Describe the house.
(b) Come up with strategies.
(c) Give them assignments.
(d) Describe the Hessians.

13. Why does the Corporal tell Jonathan to retrieve his gun after the battle with the Hessians at the house?
(a) Because he needs it to fight.
(b) Because the Corporal wants to use it.
(c) Because there may be more enemy soldiers in the area.
(d) Because he needs to return it to its owner.

14. What does Jonathan decide to do with his own gun before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?
(a) Hide it from the Hessians.
(b) Use it to kill them.
(c) Take it with him.
(d) Leave it behind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Hessians send Jonathan out of the house?

2. What does the Corporal at the campfire know that surprises Jonathan?

3. What does Jonathan do before leaving the house while the Hessians are asleep?

4. What is the small boy's appearance when Jonathan finds him?

5. How long is it after Jonathan leaves the house at night that he sees a light?

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