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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is it after Jonathan leaves the house at night that he sees a light?
(a) One hour.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) One-half hour.

2. How does the boy respond the first time Jonathan asks about his parents?
(a) He is silent.
(b) He reveals their location.
(c) He says he doesn't know where they are.
(d) He cries.

3. What information surprises Jonathan at the campfire?
(a) That the Hessians beat the Americans in the battle.
(b) That most of the Americans were taken prisoner.
(c) That none of the other Americans were taken prisoner.
(d) That the Americans beat the Hessians in the battle.

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

5. What does the Corporal reveal about the boy's dead parents?
(a) They were innocent civilians.
(b) They were Hessians.
(c) They were not really his parents.
(d) They were Tories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does the Corporal offer for the boy's refusal to speak?

2. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in response to Jonathan's advice about the soldiers outside?

3. What helps Jonathan when he has trouble digging up the soil to bury the boy's parents?

4. How were the boy's parents buried?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the task of milking the cow so comforting to Jonathan?

2. In what way does untying himself from the sleeping Hessian represent a change in Jonathan?

3. What is the significance of Jonathan smashing the borrowed gun to pieces in a fit of rage?

4. When Jonathan starts to protest the Corporal's orders, explaining that the Hessians "didn't hurt me," what effect does the Corporal's response have on him?

5. How do the reactions of the men differ from those of the Corporal when Jonathan appears at the campfire?

6. Why does Jonathan think he sees himself from the day before when he returns home?

7. Why is it important to Jonathan to know whether the Hessians killed the boy's parents?

8. In what way does Jonathan begin to see the Corporal differently when the man wakes him up at the campfire?

9. Why is the Corporal being kind to Jonathan after he wakes him up?

10. What connection does Jonathan make between the death of his father's friend in battle and the death of the boy's parents at the hands of the Corporal?

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